
Giancarlo Sopo
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Dad. Communications strategist. I write about movies at @NRO, @IndieWire, and elsewhere.
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The movie I kept thinking about while watching Citizen Vigilante was Abel Ferrara’s Ms .45. It’s the story of a beautiful, mute woman who goes on a rampage after being raped twice in one day. She first targets predators, then she becomes indiscriminate. Unlike Citizen Vigilante, this film makes her answer for that. It isn’t morally clean, but at least Ferrara understood crossing that line costs something. Citizen Vigilante mistakes a sociopathic landlord with a podcast for a righteous avenger. Formally, Ms .45 is also just a far better movie.
Giancarlo Sopo118,914 次观看 • 8 天前

Everyone will remember Robert Duvall for The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. Rightfully so. But as we celebrate his life, seek out the performances that meant the most to him: Tender Mercies, where he found God in a quiet Texas town. The Apostle, which he spent 13 years getting made. His family asked his fans to honor him by “watching a great film, telling a good story around a table with friends, or taking a drive in the countryside.” That sounds about right to me. RIP to a legend.
Giancarlo Sopo97,035 次观看 • 4 个月前

There’s a simple reason for this: Our culture rewards vulgarity yet most women are attracted to gentlemen. Not clowns or dudes who wear more makeup than they do. The few guys who still elicit these reactions are crooners like Michael Bublé and Luis Miguel—masculine and elegant.
Giancarlo Sopo113,945 次观看 • 7 个月前

One of the reasons why culture is such an important bulwark against nihilism is that beauty shapes the heart before argumentation reaches the mind. Teach your kids to value our civilizational treasures. Here’s a fine place to start: “Moonlight in Vermont” - Frank Sinatra
Giancarlo Sopo19,321 次观看 • 8 个月前

The world just lost one of the classiest women ever to appear on the silver screen with the passing of Claudia Cardinale. Few actors can claim to have starred in masterpieces—she graced three: 8 ½, The Leopard, and Once Upon a Time in the West. Grazie di tutto, Claudia.
Giancarlo Sopo19,354 次观看 • 9 个月前

The all-time best is Frank Sinatra. But the best living singer is a US-born Mexican crooner named Luis Miguel. The way I describe him to non-Latinos is to imagine Sinatra’s style with Freddie Mercury’s vocals and Elvis’s stage presence—backed by the Count Basie Orchestra.
Giancarlo Sopo12,643 次观看 • 1 年前
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