Summer’s Heat: Year of Bests – 2017
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…
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…
61 Thoughts on This Day
In no particular order on this the thirteenth day of August, halfway through the second decade of the 21st century:
Two Holiday Greats From The Dark Side
Awhile back, reading Jane Mayer’s excellent non-fiction book of the U.S. reaction to 9/11, The Dark Side, it inspired a need to wax on two of my favorite films by…
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…
A Summer Place: 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 reading…
Reprise – The Future Is Now? Then It’s Quiz Time!
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…
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…
A Sunny, Family WordPressy Type of Awards Thing
Getting back into my blogging routine takes a bit of time for me after vacationing. Yet, I need to acknowledge and thank Natasha of Films and…
My 13 Favorite Howard Hawks Films
Name someone who defined the gangster on film — and way, way before Coppola or Scorsese. Who would also go on to shape the screwball comedy, too. Might as well throw in the dark of film noir into the mix. Plus, take on that other Hollywood staple, the Western, challenging John Ford’s domain. And use John Wayne perhaps even more effectively. The answer would be one Howard Winchester Hawks (by the way, John Carpenter’s favorite director).
No Wonder My Allergies Are Raging Springtime 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…
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.
Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Romantic Comedy
Previous: Western 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…
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…
Trailers From Hell: Allan Arkush on ‘His Girl Friday’
Reblogged from The Trailers From Hell! His Girl Friday: “One of the greatest newspaper pictures ever (can there be many more in our future?), Howard Hawks’ gender-bending…
It Rains... You Get Wet 