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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, Day #4: “Obaltan/Aimless...
by Sachin Gandhi Over the last 2 decades, contemporary Korean films have become much more well known in North America and easily available in various formats be it theatrical releases, DVD/Blu-Ray or...
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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, Day #5: “The Duchess of...
by Marilyn Ferdinand Allan was a great aficionado of silent films, a characteristic I always appreciated in a fandom generally obsessed with the latest and most popular films. I discovered new-to-me...
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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, Day #6: L.A. Takedown (1989;...
By J.D. Lafrance It says something about the kind of juice Michael Mann had within the industry in 1989 that he was able to make and get on television a rough draft for a film he would make six years...
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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, Day #7: Fear Itself (2008)
By Suzanne Campbell Growing up in the 1970s, the world was a vastly different place. The only tech to which we tethered ourselves went by the name Atari. Our parents took us to Dollar Movie Theaters…...
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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, Day #8: “Pulgasari” (1985,...
by Robert Hornak This essay is a modest re-working of one I penned ten years ago for a blogathon (remember those?!) co-hosted by this site. It feels a bit of a cheat to rob from myself (lest I appear...
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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, Day #9: Todd Field’s “Tar”
by Robert Butler Todd Field’s high-minded and sophisticated mastery carries on with his third feature film, Tár, a dense and deeply layered saga that has a lot to say about artistry, cancel culture,...
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Seventh Annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, Final Day: “Sight & Sound’s...
by Sam Juliano Dear Allan: The time for our annual film discussion on the occasion of the site tribute to your incomparable mastery of the medium you practically gave your life to, has arrived. Word...
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Conclusion of Allan Fish Online Festival; 2023 Tribeca Film Festival; Irish...
by Sam Juliano We are almost halfway through June and are approaching end of the 2022-2023 school year. I will once again be teaching the summer school program (this year fourth and fifth graders)...
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Barrymore Film Center; Past Lives; Father’s Day on Monday Morning Diary (June...
by Sam Juliano The 2023 Tribeca Film Festival for those of us holding virtual passes begins today, June 19th. Hoping Lucille and I can report on some of the features for next week. No further report...
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1963 Popular Songs Poll; Tribeca 2023 and the current situation with “Irish...
by Sam Juliano The 2022-2023 school year concludes today, Monday, June 26. I will once again be teaching a Creative Writing/Reading Enrichment summer school class for grade schools from this coming...
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Davy Chou’s RETURN TO SEOUL: “Seekers”
by James Clark The film, Return to Seoul (2022), could be said to be both deep and cheap. The remarkable moments are nothing less than bewitching, a study of film technology and greatness. However,...
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Musical “Days of Wine and Roses,” play “The Life of Pi” and film “Gettysburg”...
by Sam Juliano We are almost half way through the four-day July 4th weekend, and area temperatures are matching-up with expectations for this time of the year. Jim Clark published a fabulous essay...
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1963 Pop Song Results and 1964 Pop Song Poll Launch on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano For this week’s Monday Morning Diary I will post both the results of the 1963 Best Pop Song polling and the new song poll for 1965, which launched on Sunday, July 9 on Facebook. I am...
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Barbie, Oppenheimer and 1964 Popular Song Polling Results on Monday Morning...
by Sam Juliano My sincerest apologies for the super-rare Monday Morning Diary miss last week. The last few weeks have been difficult as my beloved first cousin -and Best Man at our wedding – Douglas...
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Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin”: Impasse: ‘I just don’t like...
by James Clark 2023 “He Remembers Forgotten Beauty” When my arms wrap you round I press My heart upon the loveliness That has faded from the world; The jewelled crowns that kings have...
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Theater Camp and Best Songs of 1965 polling on Monday Morning Diary (July 31)
by Sam Juliano Hoping everyone is beating the heat at this most oppressive time of the year as we approach August. Summer school is over and many of us are poised to enjoy the final weeks before...
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1965 Best Song Polling Nearly Closed on Monday Morning Diary (August 7)
by Sam Juliano As we inch towards the middle of August and the months when movie releases are at their best, I can only announce now that our 1965 polling for favorite pop songs will end tomorrow....
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1965 Popular Song Top 50 Results and 1966 Pop Song Polling on Monday Morning...
by Sam Juliano Incredibly, we are halfway through August and look at labor Day square in the face! The initial edit of Irish Jesus of Fairview has been completed and now for 12 to 14 days the final...
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“Irish Jesus of Fairview” and 1966 Song Voting on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano As the publication date of Irish Jesus of Fairview approaches, my time has been employed in all matters connected with the book. I even sent out the manuscript of the book to friends...
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1966 Song Poll Results, 1967 Song Poll Launch and Irish Jesus of Fairview on...
by Sam Juliano I would like to issue a public thank you to my longtime great friend and site associate Tony D’Ambra for his diligent proofreading, which helped to get a narrative mix-up in order, and...
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