Category Archives: Movies

Notes on Recent Movies

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: If you’re like me, you don’t get around to seeing “the year’s best movies” until several months into the subsequent year. In case you’re wondering (and I doubt you are), of the 2015 releases that I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Adam McKay, Adele Haenel, Alex de la Iglesia, Andre Techine, Carmen Maura, Carol, Carolina Bang, catherine deneuve, Chi-Raq, Christian Bale, Crimson Peak, Guillaume Canet, Guillermo del Toro, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, In the Name of My Daughter, Justin Kurzel, Love at First Fight, Macbeth, Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, Samuel L. Jackson, Shakespeare, Shu Qi, Spike Lee, Steve Carrell, Teyonah Parris, The Assassin, The Big Short, Thomas Cailley, Todd Haynes, Witching & Bitching | 2 Comments

Music Du Jour: “Sitting in Limbo”

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I’ve never been much of a reggae fan, but I’m trying to correct that blind spot. One website described “The Harder They Come” soundtrack as an ideal introduction to the genre, and hey, I’ve been pleased to discover … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music | Tagged Jimmy Cliff, movie soundtracks, reggae | 2 Comments

What I’m Streaming Now: “Funny Little Frog”

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This song, the second single from Stuart Murdoch’s “God Help the Girl” side project, is a nearly perfect pop song to my ears. I also loved the movie Murdoch wrote and directed based on the album. It’s on … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music | Tagged Brittany Stallings, God Help the Girl, Stuart Murdoch | 1 Comment

“Woman on the Run”

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This 1950 noir, directed by Norman Foster, and written by Foster and Alan Campbell, from a story by Sylvia Tate, is intriguing for the way in which it uses its thriller premise to mine the complexities … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers, Uncategorized | Tagged Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Film, Film Noir, movies, Norman Foster, Ross Elliott, San Francisco, Woman on the Run | Leave a comment

Notes on “Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter”

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: This was a hard movie to like, in large part because the main character Kumiko is so hard to like. Impossible, probably, but tell me if you felt a glimmer or two. I did not, at least during … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Kumiko | 1 Comment

Notes on “Snow Trail”

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This 1947 suspense melodrama was written by the young Akira Kurosawa, and it stars two of Kurosawa’s screen alter egos, Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune. They’re playing bank robbers (Japan has bank robbers?) on the run … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Uncategorized | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Film, Japan, movies, Senkichi Taniguchi, Snow Trail, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune | Leave a comment

DVD review: “Hitch Hike”

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I really enjoyed this smart, well-paced little Italian road/horror movie from 1977, directed and co-written by Pasquale Festa Campanile from a novel by Peter Kane. It’s partly low-budget exploitation sleaze, partly an exercise in austere, well-shaped literary … Continue reading →

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“Sicario”

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Director Denis Villeneuve’s previous movies, “Incendies” and “Enemy” (I haven’t seen the 2013 “Prisoners”), were unabashed art films, as structurally showy as they were meticulous in their aural and visual detailing. In “Sicario,” written by Taylor … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Benecio Del Toro, Denis Villeneuve, Emily Blunt, Film, Josh Brolin, Mexico, movies, Sicario | 9 Comments

“The Godfather is Boring”

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: When I was a kid, lo these many years ago, “The Godfather” was the go-to guy movie. One of the cable stations (I think it was A&E?) played “The Godfather Saga” regularly. My friend’s father seemed to have it constantly … Continue reading →