NP but Murasaki and Hamaguchi. Famously contrary Armond White w a negative review in The National Review, fyi.

[Allen Ruch]

I harbor a not-so-secret love for Armond White. A black, gay conservative who adores Zack Snyder movies and hates the MCU? He's so stunningly, fascinatingly contrarian, I find myself *compelled* to read his reviews. And being a conservative critic, he's one of the few remaining film reviewers who enjoys deflating Hollywood's self-righteous bubble—his reviews of dreck like "The Green Book" and "Promising Young Woman" are a welcome tonic. 

I find it especially funny that the "National Review" sometimes runs TWO reviews of the same movie, usually Kyle Smith stepping in to redeem some wildly popular and enjoyable superhero movie from Armond White's cantankerous thrashing. 

But again, he's nuts—don’t get me wrong here, I disagree with White 90% of the time—but I'm glad he's out there! And his dedication to international cinema is genuine, and he's turned me on to some pretty interesting things. But then again: he *loves* Zack Snyder. 

—Quail

On 12/27/21, 6:42 AM, "Pynchon-l on behalf of Mark Thibodeau" <pynchon-l-bounces at waste.org on behalf of jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

    Armond White is a buffoon, and he knows it. He'd probably confide to
    you that he's playing a role, but I suspect there's a real element of
    mental illness to his lifetime project.

    So says a guy named Jerky

    On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 5:13 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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    > LA film critics pick '*Drive My Car*' as year's best - News Nation USA
    > <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://newsnationusa.com/news/usanews/washington/la-film-critics-pick-drive-my-car-as-years-best/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTcxNDU2NzE3MjU2ODMyNTE1NjMyGmM1MTBlZGZmMWExNDIzYzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE9__UoXNd45NxzkXfJ_CmEbwpFHw>
    > News Nation USA
    > LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a showdown between Ryusuke Hamaguchi's “*Drive My
    > Car*” and Jane Campion's ” The Power of the Dog ” for members of the Los ...
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