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Notes on “Every-Night Dreams”

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There’s an almost cubist visual sensibility at work in this 1933 silent from director Mikio Naruse. Scenes are fractured into barrages of angles, the camera sometimes moving in on its subjects in kamikaze fashion. Many of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged film Ever-Night Dreams, Japan, Mikio Naruse, movies, Silent Film, Sumiko Kurishima | 2 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

“Crazy Wisdom”

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Doc about Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the Tibetan monk who was mostly responsible for bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the west. He was a big figure in the counterculture from the ’60s through the ’80s (he died in 1987 … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Buddhism, chogyam trungpa rinpoche, documentaries, documentary, gurus, movies, religion, wisdom | 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 →

Posted in Movies, Science, Technology | Tagged CERN, documentaries, Film, Higgs-Boson, Large Hadron Collider, movies, Particle Fever, physics | 9 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Diary of a Country Priest”

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Captures the sense of heightened stillness evoked by Bresson’s style.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Diary of a Country Priest, Film, France, Movie Posters, movies, Robert Bresson | 1 Comment

Juxtaposin’: Radical Race In Movies

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Part 2.

Posted in Movies, Politics and Economics | Tagged Barbershop, Brian De Palma, Cedric the Entertainer, Film, Hi Mom!, Jesse Jackson, Juxtaposin', movies, race, Rodney King, Rosa Parks, Tim Story | 1 Comment

Notes on “Turn Back the Clock”

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I had an okay time with this rather flimsy and almost Capraesque Lee Tracy film about an Average Joe who gets to relive the recent past. Because he knows what’ll happen, he makes himself into a financial … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Ben Hecht, Edgar Selwyn, Film, Lee Tracy, movies, performers, Three Stooges | Leave a comment

Trans Viewing: “Beautiful Darling” and “Becoming Chaz”

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: For no particular reason, The Question Lady and I spent a couple of recent evenings watching docs that we found on Netflix Instant about trans people. The first one was about a transvestite while the second concerned a female-to-male transsexual.