Chris Cassingham

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  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • Five Easy Pieces
  • Broadcast News
  • Far from Heaven

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  • In Harm's Way

  • Henry Fonda for President

  • Cross of Iron

    ★★★★½

  • The Search

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  • Henry Fonda for President

    Henry Fonda for President 2024

    Rewatched 05 Mar 2025

    I wrote a short review for this long essay film about Henry Fonda, American History, cinema, and reluctant leadership. I like it the more I sit with it and will be writing about it more very soon. Fonda is probably my favorite male actor of his era, maybe of all time, and Horwath's inviting cinephilia opened new pathways for me to think about his work.

    inreviewonline.com/2025/03/05/henry-fonda-for-president/

  • B.F. Skinner Plays Himself

    B.F. Skinner Plays Himself

    ★★★½ Rewatched 05 Mar 2025

    "Once the proponent of behavioral psychology’s utopian promises, by the end of the film we see a man deeply uncertain about its ability to solve our problems. It’s a testament to Kennedy’s erudite summary of Skinner’s research that a film as informationally dense as this concludes with such profoundly clarifying skepticism."

    I really enjoyed Ted Kennedy's BF Skinner Plays Himself, a sneakily clear-eyed profile of experimental behavioral psychologist BF Skinner that draws innumerable direct lines to the problems we face…

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  • Block Pass

    Block Pass 2024

    ★★ Watched 20 May 2024 2

    We need to be trying new things in this genre, it’s 2024

  • Unbelievable

    Unbelievable 2019

    ★★★★ Watched 25 Sep 2019

    Merritt Wever out here with the most calming voice on earth making me like COPS. Wow, the power of women!

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  • Backfire
  • Magnificent Doll
  • Go Down Death
  • Show People
  • Last Chants for a Slow Dance

Seen in 2025 69 films

  • La Roue
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Menus-Plaisirs, les Troisgros
  • Woodstock
  • The Mother and the Whore

Longest films I’ve seen in a cinema 26 films

  • Play Dirty
  • Warfare
  • The Bride!
  • Sinners
  • Famous

The Film Stage's 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2025 100 films

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