TMT: Packed in the Rafters
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Two things brought me to this memory. First, since I…
Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Gangster
Previous: Courtroom Drama 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…
Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip at 30
Every so often, I contribute celebratory articles over at my blogging colleague’s site, Edward Copeland on Film… and More. And with his best concert film, Richard Pryor…
Los Angeles: Recommended Viewing
Previous: Recommended Listening As I finish my look at the wonderful gift my bride of 23 years gave me for our recent wedding anniversary, this is the…
Los Angeles: Recommended Listening
Previous: Recommended Reading As I continue my look at the wonderful gift my bride of 23 years gave me for our recent wedding anniversary, this is…
Los Angeles: Recommended Reading
I consider myself pretty damn lucky for a number of reasons. I have a wonderful family and live in a place where I’d want to move,…
Same Song, Different Movie: Vide Cor Meum by Patrick Cassidy
Continuing my thoughts from last month regarding the use of song in film, I’ll reiterate some that I’ve previously said. “Needle dropped” tunes are not considered…
Persuasion Film Review
Leap day, February 29th, is a date that only occurs, obviously, during Leap Years — those annum that are evenly divisible by 4. Seems like the perfect occasion…
Same Song, Different Movie: Ready Steady Go by Paul Oakenfold
Film soundtracks represent a convergence in a pair of arts I’ve devoted a lot of time toward — that of movies and music. Film scores on the…
TMT: “Ah, I got lucky with the lights.”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun in May 2011. In staying with the unexpected film theme I find myself in this week, I offer up another related post for a certain 2004 Michael Mann work.
The Best Picture Project: The Godfather (1972)
In honor of The Academy Awards this Sunday, my dear friend Ruth over a Flixchatter is doing a mini-blog-a-thon for the occasion. In looking at Best Pictures…
Mann’s Night of “Fates Intertwined”: Collateral Film Review
When a master of any particular genre returns to it, it’s usually to the satisfaction of the fans of that maestro or the genre. Thankfully, such…
TMT: Being Clear. Crystal.
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. Since I am continuing my Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 arc, this is the second of two posts on the Courtroom Dramas for February (and the only two I saw on the big screen from my top 10 list). Coincidentally, they occurred in the same month of December, 10 years apart.
“Get me the President on the phone. We’re surrendering our position in Cuba!”
TMT: Try it he did
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Since I am continuing my Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 arc, this…
Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Courtroom Drama
Previous: Epics 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…
TMT: On The Town
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. As mentioned in a previous TMT entry from last…
January Reads Part 2
« Part 1 Many times, I write in reaction to others. And what I write about is supposed to be across the popular arts. Of late,…
January Reads Part 1
Many times, I write in reaction to others. And what I write about is supposed to be across the popular arts. Of late, that’s been film,…
Moi at Filmplicity… Guest Post Reciprocity
Last month, Ronan Wright‘s guest appearance help kicked off the blogging year for this site in unexpected ways. His wonderful Five Ways to be a Happier Blogger…
The Maltese Falcon Film Review
The year 2012 is barely here, but as I look up at the calendar the damn thing tells me that January is coming to an end……
It Rains... You Get Wet 