Tag Archives: Film

“Untamed”

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Released in 1957, “Untamed” is an episodic account of a woman’s semi-voluntary trudge towards independence, one that uses the Westernization of Japan as its backdrop. (It’s set during the Taisho period of the early 20th century.) Hideko Takamine — … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Film, Hideko Takamine, Japan, Mikio Naruse, movies, Taisho Era, Untamed | 1 Comment

Notes on “Finishing School”

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This RKO production about young ladies making their way through a stuffy Manhattan finishing school tries its darndest to be a drag, particularly when it focuses on Frances Dee and her involvement with Bruce Cabot’s sturdy do-gooder. (He … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Billie Burke, Film, Finishing School, Frances Dee, Ginger Rogers, movies, Pre-Code | 2 Comments

Movie Posters of the French New Wave (Italian Edition)

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As in France, the appearance of New Wave films in Italy coincided with the advent of new techniques for the creation of movie posters. Designs became hipper, more au courant, and gradually the use of photographic images … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Angelo Cesselon, Anselmo Ballester, Film, France, French New Wave, Giuliano Nistri, Italy, Luigi Martinati, Movie Posters, movies | 5 Comments

Juxtaposin’: We Happy Few

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Film, Henry V, Juxtaposin', Kenneth Branagh, Laurence Olivier, movies, Shakespeare, St. Crispin's Day | 2 Comments

Tasmanian Devil

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: Great Australian bio about legendary actor Errol Flynn narrated by Christopher Lee. His amazing ability to live life to its fullest was his greatest legacy.

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged biography, Film | 4 Comments

Notes on “Skin Game”

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Skin Game” has the modest charm of a joshing tall tale or a comic folk ballad. Given its premise, which involves a bi-racial duo of con men who repeatedly allow the black partner to be sold into slavery … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Comedy, Django Unchained, Film, James Garner, Louis Gossett, movies, Paul Bogart, Quentin Tarantino, Skin Game, slavery, Susan Clark | 2 Comments

“The Middle of the World”

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Alain Tanner’s “The Middle of the World,” released in 1974, is a movie about cultures clashing in the most subtle of ways. Maybe it’s more appropriate to say it’s about cultures slipping past each other in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Movies, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged Alain Tanner, Feminism, Film, John Berger, movies, Olimpia Carlisi, Philippe Leotard, Roger Ebert, Switzerland, The Middle of the World | 5 Comments

Notes on “My Chauffeur”

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This Crown International production from 1986 is perkily hit-and-miss. It seems like an attempt to do a modern-day screwball comedy with some Dickensian elements (there are some real shockeroos, plot-wise), but the tone is mostly off — it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Crown International Pictures, Deborah Foreman, Film, movies, My Chauffeur, Nicolas Cage, Sam Jones, Valley Girl | 6 Comments

“Pacific Rim”

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Pacific Rim” comes across as a dream project for director Guillermo del Toro, his chance to blow his geek-visionary load while fireworks explode on the soundtrack. The concept is suitably awesome: giant robots battle giant monsters in an apocalyptic … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Movies, Technology | Tagged Action Movies, cgi, Film, Guillermo del Toro, Ishiro Honda, Michael Bay, movies, Pacific Rim, Ray Harryhausen, Science Fiction, special effects, Transformers | 10 Comments

Movie Posters of the French New Wave

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As you might expect, the advent of the French New Wave in the late ’50s helped to usher in a revolution in French movie poster design, a tradition with roots going back to Jules Cheret. Offset … Continue reading →