Lovely Paola: Images from Fists in the Pocket
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today I am featuring a...
View ArticleA video essay on Fists in the Pocket: "I am My Brother's Reaper"
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today I am featuring my...
View Article218 pictures: an alternate visual history of my blogging
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's post is a gathering...
View ArticleIt's a Wonderful Life
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's post is a review of...
View ArticleLiterary Interlude: The last 20 books I read
Here is a visual/quote diary of the last 20 books I read. I tweeted each book cover when I finished, and have now added a random sample as well (chosen mostly by complete chance, wherever I flipped the...
View Article60 More of My Favorite Movie Characters
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's post is a list of...
View ArticleLawrence of Arabia
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's review covers...
View ArticleVampires on screen and page: Let the Right One In, book/movie/remake
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's review covers "Let...
View Article#WatchlistScreenCaps, 5/29 - 6/17
Here are the last ten films I watched (excluding my Top 10 Movie Marathon, held in the middle of these viewings), with a screen-captured image and quick sentence on the subject. Follow this feature on...
View ArticleThe Disney-Star Wars deal or, Lucasfilm Lost
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's review covers "Let...
View ArticleThe Magnificent Ambersons
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's review covers "The...
View Article42nd Street video montage
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's entry features a...
View ArticleThe Gay Divorcee: "Night and Day" in frames and words (via Arlene Croce)
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's entry features a...
View Article10 Movie Books That Impacted Me - What's Your 10?
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's entry was one of my...
View ArticlePerceval and Parsifal: a visual tribute
3 images from Hans Jurgen Syberburg's Parsifal (1981), 9 images from Eric Rohmer's Perceval le Gallois (1978)
View ArticleClips, critical quotes, pictures, and my own reflections: Gimme Shelter,...
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's entry was part of my...
View ArticleThe Pebble and the String: an allegory for art
excerpted from an interview with writer Javed Akhtar in Mark Cousins' documentary "The Story of Film" (2011)"You must have seen children playing with a string and a pebble. They're tying a string to a...
View ArticlePictures and posters from hard-to-see movies
L'amour fou (1969), dir. Jacques Rivette. Not on (U.S.) DVD. My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one...
View Article#WatchlistScreenCaps, 6/18 - 6/24
Here are the last ten films I watched, with a screen-captured image and quick sentence on the subject. Follow this feature on Twitter here, read about the kickoff here, and view the previous...
View Article20 of My Favorite Actresses
My "Top Posts" highlights continue in anticipation of my 5th anniversary this July. Each day I will be posting an intro with a link to one of the pieces I consider my best. Today's entry lists 20 of my...
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