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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Greats of British...
by Jamie Just as I did in the last installment, I’ll be offering just quick synopsis of several Shoegazer acts with the hope that it will just be the beginning of a spirited discussion and discovery....
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Man vs. Nature: “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” on Page and Screen
By Bob Clark The overlap between the manga and anime industries in Japan is an interesting thing to consider for how relatively rare it is in the way that comics and animation are produced worldwide....
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The Top 50 Releases of 2011 – DVD and Blu Ray – Predictions for 2012
by Allan Fish This year Sam will be giving us his usual Best of the Year cinema releases. Or at least the first draft. He’ll make twenty changes before he’s through and still won’t be happy. As you...
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Pariah, Mysteries of Lisbon, Extremely Loud, The Iron Lady, We Bought A Zoo,...
by Sam Juliano The countdown to 2012 has led to wild celebrations in Times Square and all around the world. Here in the NYC area, television junkies can indulge in 18 hours non-stop of the original...
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Epic and Operatic ‘War Horse’ one of Steven Spielberg’s Finest Hours
by Sam Juliano The lush countryside settings recall the poetical works of William Wordsworth and the novels of Thomas Hardy, but the harrowing war scenes appear overseen by the spectre of Erich Maria...
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Lest We Forget 2011 – Obituaries
by Allan Fish The following people who contributed to film and TV history, however tenuously, passed away in 2011 – list at bottom, most recent first. Many of the names listed below speak for...
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Dance of Death: Lars Von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’
Copyright © 2012 by James Clark In the stream of dead ends that is Lars von Trier’s Melancholia (2011), one moment stands out as most violently sustaining a rich man’s dagger tossed toward his wife,...
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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Greats of British...
by Jamie The past few weeks, actually probably last few months, I’ve attempted to unravel the beginnings and aftermaths of BritPop, as it was the most significant and uniquely British pop music...
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60 Reasons to go Multi Region / Zone If You Haven’t Yet
by Allan Fish In the UK, the idea of anyone not having multi region playback facility, for DVD at least, is an unthinkable one. We have it easier, of course, in that the European PAL standard is...
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Cherchez La Femme: “Ghost in the Shell 2″ on Page and Screen
By Bob Clark Since its original release from 1989 to 1991, the Ghost in the Shell manga has become one of the most widely recognized franchises in comics and animation alike, living on through numerous...
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1914-1920 – Best Picture, Short, Director, Actor and Actress
by Allan Fish As discussed in a post a few weeks ago, today sees the beginning of a weekly feature to run on Sundays in which I will take a look into what can only be described as a correction to the...
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Stage Play ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’, Bresson Festival, Once Upon a Time in...
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.html by Sam Juliano Peter Lenihan’s John Ford retrospective will begin this coming Friday (Jan. 13) and will then commence on ‘every other Wednesday’...
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The 10 Best Films of 2011
by Sam Juliano I toyed with doing a Top 20 or a Top 25 for the past calendar year. In the end, I stood with the method I have used for decades, one that is noted for the discipline that a longer list...
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The Lady Vanishes – 1938, Alfred Hitchcock
by Allan Fish The first in a series of four pieces with a common link that will become apparent. (UK 1938 97m) DVD1/2 There has been no English lady here p Edward Black d Alfred Hitchcock w...
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A Separation (2011): “He is a good man”
by Tony d’Ambra Ironically, A Separation, a film about family conflict and social antagonisms, reminds us of what unites us. That for all the mad accumulation of weapons and hard political rhetoric on...
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Maurizio Roca’s Ten Favorite Films of 2011
by Maurizio Roca For me, this past year was probably the most rewarding year in cinema since 2007. On my list is a collection of movies that range from a six-hour dreamy period piece to a haunting...
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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Greats of British...
by Jamie Sex has always been an important element in rock and roll, from the ideas that Elvis’ hips were supposed to imply to Mick Jagger’s constant preening to the basic dynamics and simplicity of its...
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A Girl Must Live – 1939, Carol Reed
by Allan Fish (UK 1939 92m) not on DVD Who’s your love, tell me who…who’s your love? p Edward Black d Carol Reed w Frank Launder, Michael Pertwee novel Emery Bonnet ph Jack Cox ed...
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Finding Ford / Just Pals (1920)
By Peter Lenihan This is the first entry in a bi-weekly series that will normally run every other Wednesday. The subject, of course, will be the films of John Ford. There are “spoilers.” I am posting...
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Bob on the Best Late Releases of 2011
By Bob Clark And so, another year goes by, and with it another selection of movies to consider as candidates for the best of our most recent orbit around the sun. But along with that comes the question...
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