Clik here to view.
Musical Countdown - 42nd Street
This is an entry in the Wonders in the Dark musical countdown. "The Weird Eighties" - today's entry in "32 Days of Movies" - went up this morning.This entry consists of an essay and a video piece (not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Age 1987 - 1990 • "32 Days of Movies" Day 26
Twenty-sixth chapter in "32 Days of Movies", an audiovisual tour through 366 filmsView "Chapter 26: New Age"New AgeThere was something in the air. Perhaps it was the breeze of "Glasnost" spreading...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Dark Dawn 1990 - 1993 • "32 Days of Movies" Day 27
Twenty-seventh chapter in "32 Days of Movies", an audiovisual tour through 366 filmsToday's chapter includes footage from the Rodney King assault, an essential element of the scene that incorporates...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Musical Countdown - An American in Paris
This is an entry in the Wonders in the Dark musical countdown. "A Dark Dawn" - today's entry in "32 Days of Movies" - went up this morning.•An American in Paris (1951/United States/directed by Vincente...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pulp and Popcorn 1993 - 1995 • "32 Days of Movies" Day 28
Twenty-eighth chapter in "32 Days of Movies", an audiovisual tour through 366 filmsView "Chapter 28: Pulp and Popcorn"Pulp and PopcornHere is where the history of the movies truly begins to coincide...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Name That Film
First off, apologies to those who tried to visit "Pulp and Popcorn", the latest entry in "32 Days of Movies" this morning. The video link was not working, but it has been fixed.Since some people were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Living in the Nineties 1995 - 1999 • "32 Days of Movies" Day 29
Twenty-ninth chapter in "32 Days of Movies", an audiovisual tour through 366 filmsView "Chapter 29: Living in the Nineties"Living in the NinetiesWhen I was in jr. high, I used to see infomercials for a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Millennial Mood 1999 - 2002 • "32 Days of Movies" Day 30
Thirtieth chapter in "32 Days of Movies", an audiovisual tour through 366 filmsView "Chapter 30: The Millennial Mood"The Millennial MoodFrom optimism to despair (which arrives next week), the fleeting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reality Cinema 2002 - 2006 • "32 Days of Movies" Day 31
Thirty-first chapter in "32 Days of Movies", an audiovisual tour through 366 filmsThe first clip contains footage from inside the World Trade Center on September 11, and the third includes images of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dracula & Drácula ("Fixing a Hole")
Today's chapter of "32 Days of Movies" - "Reality Cinema" - went up this morning. However, I needed to bump it to play catch-up; Saturday night I lost power and so, while I normally would have provided...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Falling into the Future 2006 - 2009 • "32 Days of Movies" Day 32
Thirty-second chapter in "32 Days of Movies", an audiovisual tour through 366 filmsView "Chapter 32: Falling into the Future"Falling into the FutureToday we end quietly, mournfully, and, I think,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Article 13
Cinema in Pictures The complete directory (in images) for "32 Days of Movies"It's all here - every movie I included in my video series, completed yesterday. If you click on a picture it will take you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Story of the Fox ("Fixing a Hole")
"Fixing a Hole" is a new series on Wonders in the Dark whose sole purpose is to review films that have not yet been covered on that site. The theme for November is "Animated Animals." Some spoilers are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My #1 noir: Laura
In the past year, the website Wonders in the Dark has conducted four genre countdowns. The first covered horror, and I responded to it by naming my #1 horror film as The Shining. Shortly thereafter, an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What's your best post this year?
...Or your personal favorite, or your most popular, or your most original, or the one that covers the film you'd most like to highlight? For the fourth year, I'm going to do a blogosphere round-up, so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Desert Island Discs
All movie buffs have asked themselves that question sooner or later, a variation of the same question audiophiles, bookworms, and other assorted enthusiasts have posed: were I stranded on a desert...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My #1 musical: Jammin' the Blues
Today the Wonders in the Dark musical countdown comes to a close. In tribute, I am naming my favorite musical film, just as I named a #1 horror, #1 animation, and #1 noir in response to those...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Introducing "The Big Ones": 30 classic films reviewed over 6 weeks
Though of course they need no introduction!Originally I had a fairly long piece here, with many disclaimers and explanations. I've nixed it. The focus instead should be to briefly announce what I'm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It's a Twister!
A short visual tribute to the tornado sequence in The Wizard of Oz (1939)(In honor of the film's high placement in the musical countdown, and in recognition of its exclusion from my upcoming series...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dumbo ("Fixing a Hole")
This Sunday brings, as all Sundays do, a fresh "Fixing a Hole." This week I've selected guest writer Stephen Gebbett-Russell of Checking on My Sausages to cover the Disney classic Dumbo, continuing the...
View Article