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On Theaters: Europa Report (2013)
by Jaime Grijalba. Europa Report (2013, Sebastián Cordero) There’s confusion and at the same time a sense of wonder in the first minutes of this new science fiction film. First, because the film...
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CD Score Review: Krzysztof Komeda’s ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ score
Note: This review has been posted as part of the William Castle blogothon, run by Joey at ‘The Last Drive In.” A link back to that site will appear at the end of the review. by Sam Juliano When a...
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This Land is Mine 1943, Jean Renoir
by Allan Fish (USA 1943 106m) DVD2 The rights of man p Dudley Nichols, Jean Renoir d Jean Renoir w Dudley Nichols ph Frank Redman ed Frederick Knudtson m Lothar Perl art Eugene Lourie,...
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2002 – Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp Actress,...
by Allan Fish Best Picture Far from Heaven, US (4 votes) Best Director Pedro Almodóvar, Talk to Her (4 votes) Best Actor Nicolas Cage, Adaptation & Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York (5 votes...
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Western Countdown and Upcoming U.K. trip to London and Kendal on Monday...
by Sam Juliano Bon Voyage they are telling me. Some have tabbed it as the “trip of a lifetime.” Others note it’s a rare opportunity to have all family members together for a an all-too-brief two...
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Germinal 1913, Albert Cappellani
by Allan Fish (France 1913 150m) not on DVD Workers leaving the factory d/w Albert Capellani novel Emile Zola ph Pierre Trimbach, Louis Forestier art Pasquier, Valle Henry Krauss (Étienne...
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“Laugh who will” JACQUES DEMY’S LOLA
© 2013 by James Clark In the first moments of his first feature, Lola (1961), Jacques Demy pulls us into the crux of what he knows to be urgent to us, even though we’ve never thought of it. Here’s how...
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A Dream Play, 1963 TV Ingmar Bergman
by Allan Fish (Sweden 1963 115m) not on DVD Aka. Ett drömspel The castle is still rising p Kare Santesson d Ingmar Bergman play August Strindberg m Sven-Erik Bäck art Cloffe Ingrid Thulin...
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Monday Morning Diary in London (August 12)
Hampton Court Palace along the Thames, inhabited by Henry VIII in 1500′s by Sam Juliano Note: Full report of U.K. trip will appear on the MMD of August 26. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to...
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Black Snow 1965, Tetsuji Takechi
by Allan Fish (Japan 1965 88m) DVD2 (Japan only, no English subs) Aka. Kuroi yuki She was like a pack of marshmellows d/w Tetsuji Takechi ph Takeo Kurata ed Hanzaburo Kaneko m Joji Yuasa...
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Larks on a String 1969, Jiri Menzel
by Allan Fish (Czechoslovakia 1969 94m) DVD2 Aka. Skrivánci na niti Enjoy work, enjoy life! p Karel Kochman d Jiri Menzel w Bohumil Hrabal, Jiri Menzel novel Bohumil Hrabal ph Jaromir Sofr...
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Monday Morning Diary in Kendal (August 19)
by Sam Juliano Note: We will be returning home on Wednesday, August 21, with expectations of a 7:00 P.M. arrival in Newark. A massive report on the two-week trip will be posted on the 26th.
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“Nothing comes with a guarantee…” THE COENS’ BLOOD SIMPLE
© 2013 by James Clark We tend to take for granted that ours is a filmic era uniquely endowed with reckless and unpredictable artists (like David Lynch, Lars von Trier, Quentin Tarantino, Nicolas Refn...
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Masters of Horror Addendum: Phantom (1922, F.W. Murnau)
by Jaime Grijalba File #6.1 – F.W. Murnau’s ‘Phantom’ Did you miss this? No? Well, here I come back not with the full feature that you’ve been used to, but with an Addendum to the sixth installment of...
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2003 – Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp Actress,...
by Allan Fish Best Picture Dogville, Denmark & Los Angeles Plays Itself, US (3 votes each, TIE!) Best Director Lars Von Trier, Dogville (5 votes) Best Actor Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (4...
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Two Week Trip to London, Liverpool and Kendal on Monday Morning Diary (August...
by Sam Juliano 453……to…..Marylebone! and 453…..to…..Deptford Bridge! This daily female intonation rendered in irresistible Queen’s English heard on a recording, accompanied every ride to and from our...
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Ariane 1931, Paul Czinner
by Allan Fish (Germany 1931 78m) not on DVD The Berlin itinerary p Paul Czinner d Paul Czinner w Carl Mayer, Paul Czinner novel Claude Anet ph Adolf Schlasy Elisabeth Bergner (Ariane...
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Chicago 1927, Frank Urson, Cecil B.de Mille
by Allan Fish DVD1 Roxie, Roxie! p Cecil B.de Mille d Frank Urson, Cecil B.de Mille (uncredited) w Lenore J.Coffee play Maurine Watkins ph J.Peverell Marley ed Anne Bauchens m Rodney...
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Western countdown expectations and runners-up
by Sam Juliano Note: The ‘Anthology Heaven’ series, which was temporarily abandoned before the U.K. trip will resume next Saturday, September 7th. The western countdown is tentatively slated to...
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2004 – Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp Actress,...
by Allan Fish Best Picture 2046, Hong Kong (3 votes) Best Director Ousmane Sembene, Moolaadé & Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tropical Malady (3 votes each, TIE!) Best Actor Bruno Ganz, Downfall (9...
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