What an incredible film. I picked up Nicholas Roeg’s Walkabout (1971, Criterion Spine #10) after doing a recent binge on … More
Category: Based On A Book
Bowie in 2023: #629 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976), THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Walter Tevis, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Dan Watters, LAZARUS by David Bowie and Edna Walsh, ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR by Lance Olsen, BOWIE’S BOOKSHELF by John O’Connell, and DAVID BOWIE: THE LAST INTERVIEW
Over the past few months, after being given a new novel about Bowie’s life to review for The Collidescope (at … More
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder, #1245 Nomadland (2020), and a Unit Plan
This is going to be a relatively long post as I have spent the better part of the past few … More
The Strawberry Statement by James Simon Kunen (and directed by Stuart Hagmann)
The Strawberry Statement was one of those surprise purchases from a library book sale. There was something about a slim … More
The Help (2011)
Based on Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel of the same title, The Help is a frame story about black maids working … More
#1165 Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Joel and Ethan Cohen’s Inside Llewyn Davis tells the story of a folk singer entering the strange early years of … More
#470 Seconds (1966)
Labeled as a “Faustian vision of alienation in suburban America,” Seconds is a cult classic that examines what happens when … 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
#196 The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a crime film directed by Tay Garnett based on the novel by James M. … More
#324 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a fun, drive-in horror flick starring Massachusetts’ own Kevin McCarthy. It tells the story … More
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