“Choose life… But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin’ else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?” Introduction I didn’t…
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The Road Is Missing the Emotions of the Novel
I read Cormac McCarthy’s The Road during my move from Texas to Washington, DC. I started at the airport and ended one morning in my bed in DC while my girlfriend was sleeping next to me. It scared me. It…
Read more →The Anti-War Western: Duel At Diablo
Duel at Diablo (1966) is an odd, unique Western, a rare collage of individual desires in a genre that routinely celebrates the successes of partnership and camaraderie. One of the most talked-about aspects of Duel at Diablo is the…
Read more →Lured (1948): Movie Review
Lured (1948), directed by Douglas Sirk in high style, presents George Sanders as a good guy detective from Scotland Yard and Lucille Ball as a woman working with Scotland Yard who presents herself as bait to help draw a murderer…
Read more →Oldboy (2003): Movie Review
Guest blogger Marcello Milteer from Japan Cinema writes: Japan Cinema presents: Oldboy, which is hands down the best film from South Korea. Period. It is arguably my favorite movie of all time and I will explain why. Dae-su (Min-sik Choi)…
Read more →Favorite Star Profile: Joan Bennett
Guest blogger Rory B. writes: I don’t know why it has taken me forever to blog about my favorite classic star, Joan Bennett. Do I think she was the most talented? No. The most beautiful? No. The most magical? No….
Read more →The Magic of Malick
Four films. Four films over a 37 year span. That’s all it took for Terrence Malick to make his mark as a uniquely original filmmaking master. I don’t know how many thousands of films have been made in the medium’s 100+ year…
Read more →Body Snatcher (1945): Horror Movie Review
That’s a quote spoken by star Boris Karloff near the midpoint of Robert Wise’s 1945 adaptation of The Body Snatcher, and anyone who knows where the star’s initial fame comes from can probably find some irony in the comment. It’s…
Read more →Heath Ledger’s Last Film: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Guest blogger Jess writes: With all the hype that was originally surrounding Heath Ledger’s last film (he died before filming was complete) I was really excited to see it. Then when it wasn’t given a wide release and had trouble…
Read more →Dial M For Murder (1954): Dial M for Magnificent!
There’s just something satisfying about watching an older film and being nearly blown away by the techniques and visual stimulation used in something that is considered to be “old.” I have seen my fair share of Alfred Hitchcock films, but…
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