Friday Forgotten Song: Touch by John Klemmer
On the eve of the L.A. Times Festival of Books (this year the event is on my wife’s university stomping grounds on U.S.C.’s campus), the subject…
Free Fall Film Review
With the upcoming L.A. Times Festival of Books right around the corner, it means springtime is here in the southland. No wonder I feel so freakin’…
Friday Song (& Dance Sequence): Chaiyya Chaiyya
Back in 2006, noted director Spike Lee brought forward a really fine cast in one of the better heist flicks of recent years, Inside Man. I’m…
My Cinematic Alphabet Soup
Two bloggers I happily follow both contributed excellent movie lists to the My Cinema Alphabet meme that’s making its way across the blogosphere. This looked like…
A TV/Film Project: The Civil War
With today marking the 150th Anniversary for the start of the American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865), I thought it apt to…
My Favorite Films of a Master Filmmaker: Sidney Lumet
With the unexpected passing of one of the giants of cinema yesterday, I’m following the lead of my fellow bloggers by putting together a list of…
Reprise: Friday Forgotten Book – The Ninth Configuration
Since the moveable feast that is Easter is late this year, I thought it appropriate to re-post (and update) a piece I wrote in late-2009 for…
This isn’t flying, this is blogging with style!
The fine western and noir film blogger on the opposite side of the Atlantic (this sounds better than saying ‘way, way on the other side of…
Not Just Another Western: The Quick and The Dead
Blogger’s note: This post was part of Bryce Wilson’s Raimifest that went on at his wonderful Things That Don’t Suck blog. If you’ve read some of my…
It Rains... You Get Wet 