Tag Archives: movies

“The Great Beauty”

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A fanciful jaunt through modern-day Rome seen through the eyes of a nearing-the-end-of-the-road libertine, “The Great Beauty” consciously evokes Fellini, though it’s free of Fellini’s attenuation and his lordly high-handedness. Writer-director Paolo Sorrentino has the advertising-soaked sensibility … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, The Good Life | Tagged Film, Italy, movies, Paolo Sorrentino, Rome, The Great Beauty, Toni Servillo | 7 Comments

Loners

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In those days the one girl D.W. ever appeared with outside the studio was Lillian Gish, although none of us even dared whisper that their association was anything but platonic. Nobody had ever heard D.W. address … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Performers | Tagged A Girl Like I, Anita Loos, D. W. Griffith, Film, Lillian Gish, movies, Silent Film | 2 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Repulsion”

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Cathering Deneuve, Film, Italy, Movie Posters, movies, Repulsion, Roman Polanski | 1 Comment

Soft Spots

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I have a soft spot for secret passageways, bookshelves that open into silence, staircases that go down into a void, and hidden safes. I even have one myself, but I won’t tell you where. At the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged Film, Luis Buñuel, movies, Surrealism | 1 Comment

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Deep Red”

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Nice riff on Saul Bass’ design for the”Vertigo” campaign.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Dario Argento, Deep Red, Film, giallo, Italy, Movie Posters, movies | Leave a comment

Movie Poster Du Jour: “T-Men”

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Anthony Mann, Film, Film Noir, Movie Posters, movies, T-Men | 2 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “A Married Woman”

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged A Married Woman, Film, Italy, Jean-Luc Godard, Macha Meril, Movie Posters, movies | Leave a comment

“3 Days to Kill”

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I don’t have much feeling for, let alone interest in, current movies, and recently I’ve been seeing no more than two or three new movies each year. So you’d be nuts to take my reactions to current … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged amber heard, connie neilsen, kevin costner, Luc Besson, movies, thrillers | 7 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Touch of Evil”

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: With art by France’s master the of b-movie poster, Constantin Belinsky.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Constantin Belinsky, Film, France, Movie Posters, movies, Orson Welles, Touch of Evil | 3 Comments

“Female”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the 1933 “Female,” Ruth Chatteron plays a successful industrialist who goes through men with the efficiency of a Catherine the Great. When she fancies a secretary (they’re all male), she invites them to her manse for dinner, … Continue reading →