Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo

About Fabrizio del Wrongo

Recovering liberal arts major. Unrepentant movie nut. Aspiring boozehound.

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Posted on August 4, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: British tax payers are still paying off debt from the First World War. Worth it? So now I have to leave Facebook to get a Facebook message? Did your favorite documentary make this list of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Adolph Hitler, Armond White, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Donovan, Jesse Owens, PC, racism, Woody Allen | 22 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Citizen Kane”

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: For the first big re-release, in 1956.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Citizen Kane, Film, Movie Posters, movies, Orson Welles | Leave a comment

Movie Poster Du Jour: “La Chinoise”

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Politics and Economics | Tagged Anne Wiazemsky, Argentina, Film, France, French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, La Chinoise, Movie Posters, movies | Leave a comment

“Saving Mr. Banks”

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As P.L. Travers, the author of the Mary Poppins books, Emma Thompson projects a grave sort of loneliness. Nested confidently into middle age, yet still grappling with the issues of her childhood, the Travers of “Saving Mr. Banks” … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Collin Farrel, Emma Thompson, Film, John Lee Hancock, Mary Poppins, movies, P.L. Travers, Paul Giamatti, Saving Mr. Banks, Tom Hanks, Walt Disney | 2 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Judge Priest”

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Love that old Fox logo.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Performers | Tagged Film, John Ford, Judge Priest, Movie Posters, movies, Will Rogers | Leave a comment

Listing Movies: ’90s Faves

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As regular readers probably know, every now and then I like to put on my Movie Geek hat and make a semi-inane list of movies. I’m not sure why I do this. Perhaps it’s because I like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged 1990s, Film, listing movies, movies | 82 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “B. Monkey”

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Asia Argento, B. Monkey, Film, Michael Radford, Movie Posters, movies | Leave a comment

Couldn’t Do It Today

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The amusing thing about this is that it’s intended as pro-woman. Tex even preemptively scolds men for being turned off by the idea of women avoiding work in order to give them massages and make coffee. 1967. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Politics and Economics, Sex, Women men and fashion | Tagged couldn't do it today, it was made to think up clever little things to do to surprise her man, Joe Tex, soul music | 1 Comment

Movie Poster Du Jour: “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis”

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Film, Italy, Movie Posters, movies, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Vittorio De Sica | Leave a comment

Bridging Distances

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A filmmaker like Lubitsch makes you feel privileged for taking part in his naughtiness — like you’re in on the joke. But the naughtiness in this clip, from Renoir’s “French Cancan,” is of a different sort. Renoir … Continue reading →