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Michael Quinn

Critical Influences

Michael Quinn

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Writing about the things that shape how I see the world.


June 01, 2026

Marrying Mr. Bonehead

June 01, 2026/ Michael Quinn
Marrying Mr. Bonehead

In Yasujirō Ozu's film The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, a dissatisfied wife discovers how much she's been missing by focusing on what's wrong with her husband.

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June 01, 2026/ Michael Quinn/
critical influences, film
Yasujirō Ozu, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, Japanese cinema, marriage, relationships, contempt, perception, film criticism
May 11, 2026

A Trip Around the World with Krzysztof Kieślowski

May 11, 2026/ Michael Quinn
A Trip Around the World with Krzysztof Kieślowski

Watching the films in the Three Colors trilogy one after another on the big screen, I noticed things I’d never seen before.

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May 11, 2026/ Michael Quinn/
critical influences, cultural criticism, film, ethics, New York City
Krzysztof Kieślowski, Three Colors trilogy, Three Colors Blue, Three Colors White, Three Colors Red, Blue film, White film, Red film, Metrograph, Polish cinema, European cinema, art house film, film criticism, cultural criticism, Juliette Binoche, Irène Jacob, Julie Delpy, Zbigniew Preisner, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, The Double Life of Véronique, liberty equality fraternity, 1990s cinema, French cinema, Swiss cinema, Polish film directors, Criterion Collection
March 01, 2026

Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman"

March 01, 2026/ Michael Quinn
Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman"

Some people have closed the book on Woody Allen. I understand that impulse. But his movies shaped who I am—and rewatching Another Woman reminded me how much.

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March 01, 2026/ Michael Quinn/
art & identity, class & power, critical influences, cultural criticism, fashion, film, New York City
February 08, 2025

The Critics Who Shaped Me

February 08, 2025/ Michael Quinn
The Critics Who Shaped Me

"Oh, so you’re the one all the writers are afraid of!"

That wasn’t how I saw my role at all. In fact, the idea had never crossed my mind. Suddenly, I felt like a great big monster with no idea how ugly he is until people start screaming and running away.

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February 08, 2025/ Michael Quinn/
critical influences, literary criticism, book reviews, cultural criticism, film
literary criticism, book criticism, book reviews, how to read critically, influence of critics, Pauline Kael, Annette Insdorf, how critics shape reading, best film critics, reading like a critic, book reviewers’ influences, queer literary criticism, LGBTQ+ book critics, cultural criticism, LGBTQ+ books, Michael Quinn, mastermichaelquinn.com

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