Tag Archives: Film

“Cafe Society”

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I found “Cafe Society” to be the most affecting Woody Allen movie of recent years. It’s a soft-shoe over and around Allen’s accustomed themes and obsessions that — miraculously — never stumbles into triteness or predictability. Allen’s hero, Bobby, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Cafe Society, Film, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, movies, Vittorio Storaro, Woody Allen | 4 Comments

Juxtaposin’: Intros

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Movies | Tagged Ed Forsyth, Film, Jackie Brown, Joyce Jillson, Juxtaposin', movies, Superchick | Leave a comment

Couldn’t Do It Today

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged couldn't do it today, Dean Martin, Film, movies, phil karlson, stella stevens, The Silencers | 1 Comment

Notes on “Eight Days a Week”

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Eight Days a Week,” Ron Howard’s new documentary on the Beatles’ touring years, isn’t anything new, and yet it caused me to see its subject in a new light. Like similar works it uses the Beatles as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged 1960s, Beatles, documentaries, Eight Days a Week, Film, movies, rock music, Ron Howard | Leave a comment

Couldn’t Do It Today

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged Alan Metter, couldn't do it today, Film, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Jonathan Silverman, movies, tune in Tokyo | 3 Comments

Notes on “The Shallows”

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I found the highly praised shark movie “The Shallows” to be a tolerable but rather joyless experience. Taken as a genre picture it’s weirdly flat — not exciting and funny like “Jaws,” or empathically harrowing like “Gravity,” or … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Uncategorized | Tagged Blake Lively, Film, Jaume Collet-Serra, movies, sharks, The Shallows, thrillers | 3 Comments

“Everybody Wants Some!!”

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Richard Linklater’s new college comedy, “Everybody Wants Some!!,” takes place over three or four days in 1980, but it may have more to say about growing up, experience, and relationships than all of the 2013 “Boyhood” … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, The Good Life | Tagged Baseball, Blake Jenner, Boyhood, college, Dazed and Confused, Everybody Wants Some!!, Film, movies, Richard Linklater, Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Zoey Deutch | 3 Comments

Juxtaposin’: Background/Foreground

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Movies | Tagged alicia vikander, Armie Hammer, Film, Guy Ritchie, Jae Song, James Lester, Joe Griffin, Juxtaposin', Kendra Elliot, Lloyd Fonvielle, Majestic Micro Movies, movies, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Leave a comment

Juxtaposin’: Hawks Songs

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged Cary Grant, Come and Get It, Dean Martin, Film, Frances Farmer, Gail Hire, Hogy Carmichael, Howard Hawks, Jean Arthur, Lauren Bacall, movies, Only Angels Have Wings, Red Line 7000, Ricky Nelson, Rio Bravo, to have and have not | Leave a comment

Listing Movies: Streaming but Not on Disc

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In case you haven’t heard, the Criterion Collection will begin streaming content via Filmstruck sometime in the next few months. Presumably, once that happens the company will cease to have a presence on Hulu. With that … Continue reading →