I was lucky to have the opportunity to head to the local cineplex the past two weekends with the kids … More
Category: Films
#868 My Own Private Idaho (1991)
In My Own Private Idaho, a young Gus Van Sant explores existence and geographic identity through the lens of a … More
#471 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
By the time The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly film was made in 1966, the world’s appetite for westerns … More
Stranger Things (2016)
Note – spoilers abound in the links, but not the review. Netflix has been on a roll with its incredible … More
#278 Roman Holiday (1953)
William Wyler’s Roman Holiday is the beginning of the career for the unknown Audrey Hepburn, noted in Schneider’s book that … More
#599 Amarcord (1973)
Amarcord is one of Fellini’s later films and is a semiautobiographical sendoff to the small Italian community of his youth. The … More
#723 The Big Chill (1983)
The Big Chill is Lawrence Kasdan’s sharply anti-Hollywood ensemble piece that takes a bunch of 1960s baby boomer friends, shoots … More
#116 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (…Dwarves?). I watched Disney’s “The Diamond Edition” with my kids, for whatever that is … More
#27 The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
A rickety film mired in legal, funding, and central errors, The Phantom of the Opera is best known for “enshrin(ing) … More
Movie Posters By Me #9: Friday the 13th
Movie Posters By Me Episode Nine: Friday the 13th A seven-year-old is given the title of a film he has … More