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Author: Sara Batkie

Sara Batkie is the author of the story collection 'Better Times,' which won the 2017 Prairie Schooner Prize and is available from University of Nebraska Press. She received her MFA in Fiction from New York University. Born in Bellevue, Washington and raised mostly in Iowa, Sara currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin. She curates a monthly Substack called The Pink Stuff (https://sarabatkie.substack.com/).
Posted on01/24/202403/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Sara Batkie

Still Fighting in the War Room: Dr. Strangelove at 60

Unfortunately for all of us, Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War masterpiece has never stopped being timely.

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Posted on01/12/202403/02/2024inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sara Batkie

Classic Corner: The Firemen’s Ball

Recently name-checked by Emma Stone as an inspiration for “Poor Things,” this Czech New Wave classic deserves a much bigger audience.

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Posted on12/08/202303/02/2024inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sara Batkie

Classic Corner: Terms of Endearment

On its 40th anniversary, an exploration of what James L. Brooks’s Oscar winner gets right – and other weepies don’t.

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Posted on10/03/202303/02/2024inLooking Back, Happy Birthdayby Sara Batkie

Monsters Among Us: The Spirit of the Beehive at 50

Victor Erice’s masterpiece of the horrors of the Franco era is perfect spooky season viewing for those who prefer more symbolic scares.

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Posted on09/11/202303/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Sara Batkie

Nothing More Than This: Lost in Translation at 20

Not everything about Sofia Coppola’s second film has aged like a fine wine, but its portrait of two adrift souls is timeless.

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Posted on08/25/202303/02/2024inLooking Back, Classic Corner, Happy Birthdayby Sara Batkie

Classic Corner: Roman Holiday

In honor of its seventieth anniversary, we look back at a ‘don’t-make-them-like-they-used-to’ romance that probably couldn’t be made today at all.

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Posted on07/03/202307/02/2023inLooking Backby Sara Batkie

Glenda Jackson: A Tribute in Two Oscars

No two films could capture the range of the late Jackson’s talent but her Oscar winning roles in ‘Women in Love’ and ‘A Touch of Class’ are a great place to start.

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Posted on06/21/202306/20/2023inLooking Backby Sara Batkie

‘Tis the Season to Be Sorry in Bonjour Tristesse

Otto Preminger and Jean Seberg’s second collaboration – a queasy father-daughter tale set on the French Riviera – is perfect summer viewing for misanthropes.

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Posted on05/02/202305/01/2023inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Sara Batkie

A Barnum and Bailey World: Paper Moon at 50

The last of director Peter Bogdanovich’s classic 1971-1973 run proves nepotism isn’t always a bad thing.

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Posted on04/17/202303/02/2024inLooking Backby Sara Batkie

The Fertile Horror of Dead Ringers

Before the new miniseries drops on April 21st, we revisit Cronenberg’s original vision of twin doctors behaving badly.

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Posted on02/15/202302/15/2023inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Sara Batkie

Ordinary Fecking People: Local Hero at 40

Forty years on from its theatrical release, Bill Forsyth’s signature film still casts a heady spell, despite his own feelings about ‘the Brigadoon thing.’

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Posted on02/03/202302/02/2023inLooking Back, Classic Cornerby Sara Batkie

Classic Corner: Deep End

With Jerzy Skolimowski’s name back in the headlines for his Oscar-nominated “EO”, we look back at one of his early provocations.

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