Tag Archives: Film

“Predator”

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Predator” is reminiscent of the Ford-Nichols “The Lost Patrol”: its slimness, seemingly lunkheaded at first, is what makes it feel kind of daring. The screenplay, by Jim and John Thomas, uses a familiar action-movie set-up as … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Action Movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Film, John McTiernan, movies, Predator | 9 Comments

“The Ghoul”

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Starring Boris Karloff and featuring a plot derived from “The Cat and the Canary,” this British Gaumont production seems like an attempt to mimic the success of Universal’s monster series. It’s only half-way successful. Karloff’s ghoul, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Boris Karloff, Film, Gunther Krampf, horror, movies, Ralph Richardson, T. Hayes Hunter, The Ghoul | Leave a comment

Linkage

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Shouting Thomas is having bear troubles. Have you noticed how many scientific and/or academic studies are done on toys? In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that some college is offering a degree in Barbie Studies. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Architecture, Books Publishing and Writing, Linkathons, Movies, Music | Tagged Addison Mizner, Anita Loos, Armond White, Cormac McCarthy, Ernst Lubitsch, Film, Foseti, George Orwell, Lonnie Johnson, Matt Forney, movies, Wilson Mizner | 6 Comments

“Carmen Comes Home”

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This sprightly, sweet-spirited comedy from 1951 was the first full-length Japanese film made in color. It features Hideko Takamine and Toshiko Kobayashi as Kin and Maya; they’re a couple of big-city strippers who cause a scandal when they pay a visit to Kin’s hometown, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Carmen Comes Home, Film, Hideko Takamine, Hulu+, Japan, Keisuke Kinoshita, movies, Shochiku | 4 Comments

“Black Rainbow”

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I semi-enjoyed this late ’80s film from writer-director Mike Hodges. It’s a thriller with supernatural trappings that’s perhaps most notable for its setting: the fetid, chipped-paint American South of Flannery O’Connor. (It was filmed in Charlotte, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged American South, Black Rainbow, Film, Mike Hodges, movies, Rosanna Arquette, thrillers | 7 Comments

Linkage

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Lesbians react to lesbian porn. Dennis Mangan discovers a group of traditionalist French women. Gucci Little Piggy spotlights some amusing (and somewhat phony looking) images of working mothers. Swooshiness! Reflectiveness! Transparency! Please save me from all … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Linkathons, Movies, Politics and Economics, Sex, Technology | Tagged chris marker, Film, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, lesbians, Mauritz Stiller, movies, Penn Station, Satyajit Ray | 3 Comments

“Rust and Bone”

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This movie might have been something had director Jacques Audiard bothered to give it a shape and some conciseness. I love Marion Cotillard; she reminds me a bit of Nadia Sibirskaia, though there’s a smidge of … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged at first I thought it was called Rusty Trombone, Film, Jacques Audiard, Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, movies, Rust and Bone | 2 Comments

“Pain & Gain” and Michael Bay

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: Pain & Gain, the new true crime caper movie from Michael Bay: Uncouth Reflections Movie of the Year? Movie of the Decade? Movie of All Time? Its subject is excess, and it’s catching, so forgive the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Action Movies, Film, Florida, Michael Bay, movies, steroids, true crime | 11 Comments

“Footnote”

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I found this Israeli movie, which is like a family tragedy played as half-farce, to be messy and precious in ways that don’t really suit what’s best in it. But the characterizations — mostly of egotistical … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Film, Footnote, Israel, Joseph Cedar, Judaism, Lior Ashkenazi, movies, Shlomo Bar-Aba | Leave a comment

Arthouse Movie Posters

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Movie culture is pretty much dead now, isn’t it? Sure, it’s possible to whip up some decent arguments to the contrary. But for all intents and purposes movies are no longer significant drivers of culture. Frankly, when a … Continue reading →