Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo

About Fabrizio del Wrongo

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

David, Victor, and Stanley

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Movies | Tagged Broken Blossoms, D. W. Griffith, Film, Hi honey I'm home, Jack Nicholson, Lillian Gish, movies, Stanley Kubrick, The Phantom Carriage, The Shining, Victor Sjostrom | Leave a comment

Listing Movies: Horror Since 1980

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri discuss their fave horror films since 1980 here. It’s a pretty good list. But since such lists seem intended to inspire competing lists, I’ve included my own below. 1. Audition (Miike, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Film, horror, listing movies, movies | 22 Comments

Horror Movie Posters

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Nosferatu. Does this word not sound like the deathbird calling your name at midnight? Beware you never say it — for then the pictures of life will fade to shadows, and haunting dreams will climb forth from … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Film, horror, Movie Posters, movies, Nosferatu | 10 Comments

Shu Qi: Queen of the Selfie

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: If the selfie is the premier photographic genre of our age, then I name Shu Qi as its queen. Are you all familiar with Shu Qi? She’s a Taiwanese model and actress best known in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Photography | Tagged Facebook, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Millennium Mambo, selfies, Shu Qi | 9 Comments

Water Songs

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Music | Tagged Bob Wills, country music, Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson, jazz | 1 Comment

“Much Ado About Nothing”

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Whenever I see an interview with Joss Whedon I experience a slight urge to throw up. Yet I’ve enjoyed several of his projects. I thought his recent stab at “Much Ado About Nothing” was pretty good. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Amy Acker, Film, Joss Whedon, movies, Much Ado About Nothing, Nathan Fillion, Romantic Comedy, Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Some Posters Have More Oomph than Others

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Brigitte Bardot, Film, Love On a Pillow, Movie Posters, movies, Roger Vadim | 4 Comments

Listing Movies: Double-Digit Directors

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: For some years now I’ve kept a spreadsheet containing information related to movies that I consider to be part of my personal pantheon. It’s hardly an exclusive list — it now includes over 2000 movies (I’m an inclusive sort of … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Aspergers Syndrome, Film, listing movies, movies | 15 Comments

Linkage

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Harrowing. Comments are pretty spicy. Riffs for sale. Armond White must be the most talked about (and argued over) movie critic in the world. How gay. Towards a new art? How to take this as anything but … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Linkathons, Movies, Music, Politics and Economics, Sports | Tagged Armond White, Baseball, burlesque, Gene Mack, Mark Dice, Metallica, twerking | 1 Comment

A Movie Idea

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Someone should write a movie satire about a world-famous novelist, a prince of the academic set, who gets writer’s block and tries to cure it by authoring trashy romance novels under a pseudonym. As he’s accepting honorary … Continue reading →