Clik here to view.
INGMAR BERGMAN’S ‘FACE TO FACE’“I just don’t understand……”
© 2020 by James Clark At the mid-point of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman’s career (by then widely recognized to be superlative), he paused in his formidable march of theatrical dramas to do something...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Halloween Horror Fest 2020 and Night Gallery on Monday Morning Diary (October 5)
Screen capture from 1990’s “Robot Jox” reviewed by Jamie Uhler as part of Halloween Horror Fest 2010 by Sam Juliano The pandemic is again gathering fearful momentum as America prepares for the most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice
By J.D. Lafrance Tim Burton’s films are populated by outsiders and non-conformists with their own unique vision of life that sets them apart from mainstream society. It is this affinity for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Halloween HorrorFest 2010 and Night Gallery countdown conclusion on Monday...
Screen capture from 1972’s “Night Stalker”. by Sam Juliano We had a very close call this week. Lucille had a low grade fever, diarrhea and nausea on Sunday, so I rushed her up to Holy Name Hospital...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Halloween HorrorFest 2020 and election frenzy on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano Everyone is well on the domestic front, but the virus numbers all over are again surging. Our illustrious leader is none too concerned as he criss-crosses the country staging rallies...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions
By J.D. Lafrance I’ve always been drawn to the horror noir sub-genre – a hybrid of horror and film noir that features downtrodden protagonists immersed in a nightmarish, shadowy underworld fraught...
View ArticleClik here to view.
INGMAR BERGMAN’S ‘BRINK OF LIFE’“I’m not suited for life…”
© 2020 by James Clark Our film today, Brink of Life (1958), opens by way of a presence you might not notice. A muffled ambulance siren can be briefly heard. The credits chug along. And a murky...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Election Day, Halloween and HorrorFest 2020 on Monday Morning Diary (October 26)
by Sam Juliano We are looking at Election Day square in the face and a final end to months of voting madness, political banter and fake scandals, the last of which manifested itself in Vladimir...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Election Day and Halloween HorrorFest Bonanza on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano The time of reckoning has finally arrived. With eight months of the most stressful existence so many of us have been forced to endure we have reached the time when our opinion can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Biden-Harris victory and Horror Fest Addendum on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano The four year political horror is over. Though (as expected) the President and his conspiracy-minded minions are refusing to concede and are shamelessly pointing figures without...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas
By J.D. Lafrance “For as long as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster.” – Henry Hill From his early days making Mean Streets (1973), Martin Scorsese was always fascinated by gangsters. As a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
INGMAR BERGMAN’S ‘SARABAND’“I’ve never thought along these lines….”
© 2020 by James Clark Saraband (2003), carries much of the charges of a long filmic disputation; and it carries much of the charges of the very unique. To enter this gigantic, swift and subtle...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Moving Ahead on Monday Morning Diary (November 16)
by Sam Juliano The current President refuses to accept defeat but his pathetic attempts at subterfuge are failing by the day and are doomed to embarrassing if sadly debilitating failure. A new and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thanksgiving Day on Monday Morning Diary (November 23)
by Sam Juliano Thanksgiving Day 2020. None of us are in a place we want to be at this time of great stress and uncertainty. Along with our friends north of border, including our dear friends Valerie...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Covid-19 and vaccines on Monday Morning Diary (November 30)
by Sam Juliano As case numbers are surging out of control like no time before since the pandemic began its siege stateside back in March, a vaccine is on the horizon with the initial doses set to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
INGMAR BERGMAN’S ‘TO JOY’“I’d like to bury myself so deep that nothing got to...
© 2020 by James Clark The genesis of Ingmar Bergman’s thrilling final film, namely, Saraband (2003), consists of a film few have seen and few will ever see, namely, To Joy (1950). Fifty-three years is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 on Monday Morning Diary (December 7)
by Sam Juliano I’d love to report on some happy developments but sadly we are not yet in such a position. The pandemic continues to rage and numbers are on the rise daily as businesses are taking a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smilla’s Sense of Snow
by J.D. Lafrance With the success of Legends of the Fall (1994), Julia Ormond briefly dabbled with the Hollywood A-list, appearing in big budget studio productions like First Knight (1995) and an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Decade List, 2010 – 2019
by Duane Porter When considering what might be the best films of the past decade it is perhaps worthwhile to think about how such films come to be. Great art doesn’t emerge fully formed on its own....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mank, Martin Eden, Da Five Bloods, First Cow, Lovers Rock and The Prom on...
by Sam Juliano Vaccines have been shipped to stateside destinations and are set to be injected to health care workers as early as Tuesday. Finally we have reason to be optimistic, though currently...
View Article