Les Vampires is a ten-part French serial that, clocking in at 440 minutes total, took me about 20 nights to … More
Month: July 2017
#470 Seconds (1966)
Labeled as a “Faustian vision of alienation in suburban America,” Seconds is a cult classic that examines what happens when … More
The Lobster and Captain Fantastic (2016)
I watched two films over the past month that I felt were some serious contenders for the next edition of Schneider’s book. Even … More
#393 Through A Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) (1961)
Cracks in a family gathering emerge over the span of twenty-four hours in Bergman’s Through A Glass Darkly. A family … More
#1189 La La Land (2016)
La La Land is a new musical for the twenty-first century. Focusing on a jazz musician and a frustrated ingenue … More
#500 Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Clocking in at the exact halfway point of Schneider’s original 1001, Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby is the French-Polish director’s first … More
#334 Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)
A striking, unsentimental portrait of aging, Wild Strawberries is the story of a day in Isak Berg’s life where a … More
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