For Noir’s Sake: A Sunbaked Triple
In her eye-opening essay, The Post Noir P.I., initially published in 1996 for the Film Noir Reader (an anthology of compositions I think should be on…
Liebster’d… Once More
My colleague Paula, over at Paula’s Cinema Club, nominated moi for a blogging award (my second of these) that’s been making its way across the blogging world: The Liebster…
Friday Forgotten Film: Sorcerer
Whether some things are doomed to failure because of bad timing on their release, or in combination with a lack of understanding by those (few) that…
In Honor of Those in the Background
Backing vocalist
– A backing vocalist or backing singer (or, especially in the U.S., backup singer or sometimes background singer or harmony vocalist) is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists.
TMT: Graduating with Honors… and Attitude
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. The primary reason for this one is I’ve yet to finish the significant movies from my youth. That and the fact that three articles, two from Dan’s blog, today’s Movies That Everyone Should See and a Tossin’ It Out There: What Movie Reminds YOU of Your “Younger Days”? from awhile back, where my particular comment coincided with the film highlighted days later by Trailers From Hell, brought it all back to the forefront.
An Appreciation: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Given that I placed this particular film high on my recent Western post, one that was part of my AFI Top 10 arc, it inspired me to…
TMT: Vision Versus Bifocals
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Since I am in the midst of my own little…
An Appreciation: Unforgiven
Some years ago, the writer and movie blogger known as Mr. Peel examined John Wayne‘s final film, The Shootist, in another of his splendid film essays.…
TMT: “All on account of pulling a trigger.”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. As I begin to close-out my Versus AFI: 10 Top 10…
13 for ‘That Day’
Full disclosure: I am stealing my colleague Jeff’s idea on his musical ‘day’ post from last April of “… songs that were #1 on my birthday.” The…
Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Western
Previous: Sports This is the continuation of a series I began in January of this year that examines and remarks on The American Film Institute and its recent propensity to create Top…
Reprise: It’s the Little Things in Wyler’s The Big Country
A couple of years back, my umpteenth viewing of one of my all-time favorite westerns on Turner Classic Movies, William Wyler’s The Big Country, had the whole family…
Friday Forgotten Film: Red Sun
It’s funny how fish-out-of-water concepts make their way on to films. Specifically, when characters and cultures find themselves literally on foreign soil. For instance, East meets West tales…
Liebster’d
My colleague Iba, over at i luv cinema, nominated moi for a blogging award that’s been making its way across the sphere: The Liebster Award. Out of curiosity, I…
TMT: Bonnie, Meet Clyde
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Well, friend and author John Kenneth Muir has done…
Movie Title Sequence: Total Recall
“If I am not me, then who the hell am I?” — Douglas Quaid With today’s opening of Len Wiseman’s remake to one of the all-time best, and bloodiest,…
TMT: Anna’s Guest Post
The newest entry for a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time is brought to you by Anna, the author of Defiant Success, who asked if she could contribute a…
Field of Dreams Film Review
I have to admit, because of the ongoing AFI Top Ten arc that I began way back in January, I positioned and timed this review to coincide…
TMT: Newlywed & Blinking Back
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Since I am in the backstretch of my Versus AFI: 10…
Men of Jazz – Carol’s and Bonnie’s
No time to write of late (too busy at work and home), but I thought I’d throw out some music to offset the craziness. My blogging…
It Rains... You Get Wet 