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68. The Power of Art 2006
by Allan Fish (UK 2006 463m) DVD2 Aka. Simon Schama’s Power of Art Being called a human being p Clare Beavan d David Belton, Clare Beavan, Steven Condie, Carl Hindmarch, James Runcie w Simon...
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69. One Froggy Evening
by Brandie Ashe The Acme Building and Wrecking Co., Inc. is in the process of demolishing the J.C. Wilber Building when a crowbar-wielding employee (who inexplicably wears a fedora and casual clothes)...
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68. Celine et Julie vont en Bateau
by Allan Fish (France 1974 192m) DVD2 Aka. Céline and Julie go Boating One, two, three, eagle-eye and blockhead p Barbet Schroeder d Jacques Rivette w Eduardo de Gregorio, Jacques Rivette, Juliet...
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“The truth but not all”: Robert Bresson’s ‘The Trial of Joan of Arc’
Copyright © 2012 by James Clark Whereas Bresson’s fourteen-year-old Mouchette lurches through well-meaning indiscretions virtually unnoticed and dies much as a sparrow would, the same artist’s...
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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Greats of British...
So we’re not going to see the end of the twisting, turning, folding-over-on-itself-and-still-evolving history of British pop music. Well, at least not here in this Series. Hell, I didn’t even make 100....
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67. Simon of the Desert
by Ed Howard Luis Buñuel’s final film of his Mexican period is the short, punchy Simon of the Desert, possibly the great surrealist’s wittiest and funniest film, and certainly his most focused...
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67. Oranges are not the Only Fruit 1990
by Allan Fish (UK 1990 175m) DVD1/2 Heathens in hot places p Philippa Giles d Beeban Kidron w/novel Jeanette Winterson ph Ian Punter ed John Strickland m Rachel Portman art Cecilia...
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66. What’s Opera Doc?
by Pat Perry By sheer, happy coincidence, I come today to sing the praises of a legendary Looney Tunes short on the 100th birthday of its creator – Charles M. “Chuck” Jones. I can clearly recall a time...
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The Good, Gone Days: Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate”
Note: This evening Heaven’s Gate is screening in a digital restoration as part of the 50th New York Film Festival, its first major theatrical exhibition since its release over 30 years ago. In honor of...
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1959 – Best Picture, Director, Short, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp...
by Allan Fish Here we go… Best Picture Ben Hur, US (6 votes) Best Director François Truffaut, Les Quatre Cents Coups & William Wyler, Ben Hur (4 votes each, TIE) Best Short Pull My Daisy, US,...
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Wuthering Heights, Frankenweenie, End of Watch, Wake in Fright, Jay...
by Sam Juliano Park Avenue, Fairview’s own Jason “Jay” Giampietro, who also resides part-time in Brooklyn with his lovely girlfriend Leah Evans, may find himself in the near-future among the Borough’s...
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55. Female Trouble
by Sam Juliano Present-day John Waters fans who are only familiar with his vomit-inducing Pink Flamingos may be unaware that his best work followed that landmark of sleaze with Female Trouble (1974)...
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62. Elgar 1962
by Allan Fish (UK 1962 60m) DVD1/2 Aka. Elgar – Portrait of a Composer We walk like ghosts p Humphrey Burton d Ken Russell w Ken Russell, Huw Wheldon ph Kenneth Higgins ed Alan Tyrer m...
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54. The Exterminating Angel
by Ed Howard The Exterminating Angel is Luis Buñuel’s most darkly funny and vicious satire of upper-class mores, an eviscerating portrait of how easily the façades of civility, nobility and good...
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11·25 jiketsu no hi: Mishima Yukio to wakamono-tachi – 2012, Kôji Wakamatsu ****
by Jaime Grijalba. a.k.a.11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate (Japan, 119 min) The Valdivia International Film Festival was one of the best experiences I’ve had in a long time, 5 days devoted entirely...
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53. Blazing Saddles (Sachin Gandhi’s view)
by Sachin Gandhi Mel Brook’s madcap Western spoof Blazing Saddles not only pokes fun at conventional sequences found in Westerns but manages to generate laughter at serious topics of racism and rape...
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53. Blazing Saddles (Dean Treadway’s view)
Note: Today there will be two reviews on the same film in deference to the two requests made in the early stages of the project, but also to continue a tradition started in last year’s musical...
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52. Animal House
by J.D. Lafrance Animal House (1978) is the pioneer of mainstream gross-out comedies, featuring a classic battle between the snobs and the slobs that takes the form of an escalating prank war,...
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And the Nobel goes to… Mo Yan!
by Jaime Grijalba. Another year has gone by and it’s time for the usual conversation, discussion and usual ranting about the choices made regarding the Nobel prize winners for literature of each year....
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61. Dad’s Army 1968-1977
by Allan Fish (UK 1968-1977 2,340m) DVD1/2 We are the boys who will make you think again p David Croft d David Croft, Harold Snoad, Bob Spiers w Jimmy Perry, David Croft theme song sung by Bud...
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