Oscar party and American Film Polling on Monday Morning Diary (February 20)
by Sam Juliano After a two-year absence, caused by the COVID-19 crisis, our long-running Academy Awards party will be held again this year on Sunday, March 12th at the Tiger Hose Firehouse in...
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SAG Awards, PGA, DGA and Irish Jesus of Fairview on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano I am thrilled to post a sneak-peak at the cover art for Irish Jesus of Fairview. First off, notice the title of the book has changed. Previously advertised as Irish Jesus in Fairview,...
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Creed, Marlowe, American Cinema Polling, and Irish Jesus of Fairview on...
by Sam Juliano The full book design for Irish Jesus of Fairview has now been posted on social media and here at Wonders in the Dark. The white rectangle on the back cover of course is for the still...
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The Oscars on Monday Morning Diary (March 13)
by Sam Juliano After a two-year absence, our Oscar party returned with a vengeance at the Tiger Hose Firehouse in Fairview last night. Congratulations to great friend and filmmaker Jay Giampietro for...
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JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI’S EO “May all your dreams come true…”
by James Clark 2023 Most of us would say that humans are the powers of planet Earth. They have crafted religion, of course; and science. Our film today presents Earthlings in another way. It begins...
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Cocaine Bear and Missing on Monday Morning Diary (March 20)
by Sam Juliano The final-stage editing on Irish Jesus of Fairview continues, with a potential late-May publishing date within reach. Meanwhile, I have resumed writing Roses for Saoirse. This past...
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“All is Well” on Monday Morning Diary (March 27)
by Sam Juliano I am thanking everyone who placed comments and/or private messages for their concern and kind words about Lucille. She will be home tomorrow as all went very well at Englewood...
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John Wick Chapter 4 and Shazam! Fury of the Gods on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano Palm Sunday means Easter week is suddenly upon us. For those of us still in the teaching profession this time of the year translates into eleven days off consecutively, this year from...
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Easter Sunday and Super Mario Brothers Movie on Monday Morning Diary (April 10)
by Sam Juliano Another holiday has come and gone, spring is in full swing, and at least a few of us are making plans for the summer. This year’s Tribeca Film Festival will be staged in June, though...
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Greatest American Films Poll Results and A Thousand and One on Monday Morning...
by Sam Juliano Another holiday is behind us and we have passed the middle of April. Thanks again for the messages about Lucille. All is going well. We are just a few weeks away from announced this...
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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival on Monday Morning Diary (April...
by Sam Juliano Wonders in the Dark will again be hosting an Allan Fish Online Film Festival in late May to coincide with our friend’s birthday. It is hard to believe this will be the seventh annual...
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Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret and Evil Dead Rise on Monday Morning...
by Sam Juliano A deluge of rain has defined the last few days in the North Jersey region. The e mail to site writers about the upcoming Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival will be sent out...
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Emily, Return to Seoul and Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival on...
by Sam Juliano This coming Wednesday (May 10th) I will be in Washington D.C. on the annual 8th grade school trip. We return on Friday (May 12th). Today I will be sending out the group e mail to...
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It Ain’t Over, Washington D.C. school trip and Seventh Annual Allan Fish...
by Sam Juliano The annual Washington D.C. school trip ended late Friday night, but once again it provided many of us, especially the 42 children who attended, a most memorable experience. We took the...
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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival on Monday Morning Diary (May 22)
by Sam Juliano We are nearly ready to go with the Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival. Short of some late confirmations (which are fully acceptable and welcome) we have ten (10) writers...
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Kelly Reichardt SHOWING UP (2022) “…Something Else…”
by James Clark Why would a brilliant artist, a sculptor whose touch lifts to the heavens, trudge along as if she were crippled and in pain. Where was the fire, the...
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Memorial Day, Irish Jesus of Fairview and Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online...
by Sam Juliano I am posting the MMD on Sunday (May 28th) which would have been Allan Fish’s 50th birthday here on earth. The Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival will launch today with an...
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On Streaming in 2023; AF OFF 2023
by Jamie Uhler With each passing year of the Allan Fish Online Film Festival I feel different points of interest in thought that nevertheless strengthen the memories I had in friendship with him and...
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Alan Fish Online Film Festival: The Heartbreak Kid
By Patricia Perry I am very happy to be a part of this annual tribute to Allan Fish, an extraordinary cinephile and brilliant writer who left us far too soon. I was awed and intimidated by Allan’s...
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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, Day #3: “To Sleep with Anger”
by Joel Bocko Crafted near the tail end of the twentieth century, but with its eyes cast further back over the previous decades and centuries, Charles Burnett’s To Sleep With Anger locates an ominous...
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