More Movie Meme Madness
Another of those movie memes making its way ‘cross social networks. If I’m going to do it, might as well be here. Pitiful, I know, but…
On the Verge: Year of Bests – 2016
A few years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up…
Strangers on a Train Film Review
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but another September 30th has landed. They keep coming and all the faster. For those unaware, ever since I became a…
Yes, I’ll Have the Garlic – A SLIFR Mid-Summer Back-to-School Movie Quiz
Writer Dennis Cozzalio, he of the wonderfully titled Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule site, is well-regarded for his in-depth knowledge and thoughtful essays he gladly shares…
Reprise » A Meme of 15 (Directors)
About five years ago, my friend J.D. — he of the wonderful RADIATOR HEAVEN blog — wrote about a particular meme that had arisen in the ether back then. Since…
Forever Autumn: Year of Bests – 2014
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns…
TMT: Season of the…
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. The sole reason this memory popped into my head…
Reblogged » North by Northwest (1959) — Art of the Title
North by Northwest (1959) — Art of the Title For some damn bit of happenstance, the specter of director Alfred Hitchcock seems to be continually crossing…
TMT: Cock’d Hitch
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. At last Spring’s TCM Film Festival, a number of…
Reprise: Once More Unto The Breach – Spring Movie Quiz
Because I’m lazy I wanted to have them all in one place, I’m pulling my earliest movie quiz posts from the old blog archive and placing them on…
A Few Words for Charade
Since I went and included the work in my recent Versus AFI Top 10 Romantic Comedies piece, I thought a few words for one film was warranted. Though I never saw it in a movie theater setting (something I regret to this very day), the film remains one of my all-time favorites, and an annual screening in our household. It is Stanley Donen’s still highly underrated Charade.
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…
How (200 + 4) / 2 = 2012: Year of Bests
As I mentioned in April, last year I did not have a chance to publish a year-end piece on those blog articles I read and most…
Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Mystery
Previous: Fantasy 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…
It Rains... You Get Wet 