Tag Archives: Film

Notes on “King Solomon’s Mines”

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Even more than “Star Wars” or “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” this cheery travesty from the Cannon Group seems to start in the middle. The hero, Allan Quatermain, is given no introduction, and the details of … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Film, King Solomon's Mines, movies, Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone | 2 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Blast of Silence”

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Related

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Allen Baron, Blast of Silence, Film, Film Noir, Italy, Movie Posters, movies | Leave a comment

“The Unknown Known”

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Have any UR readers watched “The Unknown Known,” Errol Morris’ documentary on Donald Rumsfeld? It’s on Netflix Instant. I caught up with it last week and found myself fascinated by its lameness. For 100 minutes Morris … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Politics and Economics | Tagged documentaries, Donald Rumsfeld, Errol Morris, Film, George W. Bush, movies, The Unknown Known, War on Terror | 14 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “All That Heaven Allows”

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The stone lithography process by which this poster was printed makes looking at it a rather sumptuous experience. Gotta love the delicate lighting effect on the faces and the array of blues and greens. With art … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk, Film, France, Jane Wyman, Movie Posters, movies, Rock Hudson | 2 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “The Green Slime”

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Related I love the theme song.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Film, Kinji Fukasaku, Movie Posters, movies, The Green Slime | 4 Comments

Capitulation

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A Russian who immigrated to Paris in the early 1920s, Dimitri Kirsanoff was above all an avant-gardist. However, he wasn’t above employing Griffith-style melodrama when it suited his purposes. In his “Menilmontant,” a brief, richly volatile work about a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Dimitri Kirsanoff, Film, France, Menilmontant, movies, Nadia Sibirskaia, Silent Film | 5 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Illumination”

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Art by Franciszek Starowieyski. Related I wrote (perhaps somewhat incoherently) about Zanussi’s “Contract” back here.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Film, Franciszek Starowieyski, Illumination, Krzysztof Zanussi, Movie Posters, movies, Poland | 5 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “1941”

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: With art by David McMacken.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Bob Gale, Dan Aykroyd, David McMacken, Film, John Belushi, Movie Posters, movies, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg | 3 Comments

Crusades

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Zero for Conduct, “Jean Vigo’s rough-hewn, poetic evocation of youth under the strain of institutionalized education, is nearly impossible to summarize in words. Among other things, it’s perhaps the greatest expression of the anarchic impulse ever put on film. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Movies | Tagged Film, France, Jean Vigo, movies, Zero for Conduct | 2 Comments

“Particle Fever”

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: If you’re as cynical as I am, you might get something out of this documentary, which is currently available on Netflix Instant. It chronicles the attempts of physicists associated with CERN to detect the Higgs-Boson, that pesky “god … Continue reading →