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1921 – Best Picture, Director, Short, Actor and Actress RESULTS
by Allan Fish OK, guys, straight to it. Only a select number of votes, but this how the winners turned out from the voting. Remember that my vote does not count toward this polling as I will be...
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The ‘Up’ Series – 1964/1970/1977/1985/1991/1998/2005, Michael Apted
This is a one off topping of my own post, but reading will explain why… by Allan Fish (UK 1964/1970/1977/1985/1991/1998/2005 715m) DVD1/2 Aka: 7 Up, 7 Plus 7, 21 Up, 28 Up, 35 Up, 42 Up, 49 Up Give me...
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John Ford Series, Year-by-Year Picks, Bresson Festival, Norwegian Wood, The...
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html by Sam Juliano Peter Lenihan’s John Ford series has launched with a terrific informative essay on the silent Just Pals, and will continue on...
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The Stars Look Down – 1939, Carol Reed
by Allan Fish (UK 1939 97m) DVD2 A million tonnes of flood water p Isadore Goldsmith d Carol Reed w J.B.Williams, A.J.Cronin novel A.J.Cronin ph Max Greene ed Reginald Beck m Hans May art...
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War Horse – Or How a Quadruped Won the War
by Allan Fish p Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy d Steven Spielberg w Lee Hall, Richars Curtis novel Michael Morpurgo ph Janusz Kaminski ed Michael Kahn m John Williams art Rick Carter cos Joanna...
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“Sparkle of Love”: Michel Hazanavicius’ ‘The Artist’
Copyright © 2012 by James Clark There is, about a silent, black and white feature movie introduced in the year 2011, something so apparently hopeless that you know it has something up its...
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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Greats of British...
by Jamie If one adheres to the notion that a young Pete Townshend puts forth in the Who’s seminal documentary film, The Kids Are Alright that, if you were to take a Beatles track from 1966 or earlier...
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Coming Up: Taking a look at Noir City News…As I head-out…West?
THE FILM NOIR FOUNDATION CURRENT NEWS… An Article From The S.F. Gate That Features, Muller, and Dashiell Hammett Apartment… 1. The Noir-City Night Club… EVERY ONE COMES TO EDDIE…BROWN TICKET...
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Quiet Wedding – 1941, Anthony Asquith
by Allan Fish (UK 1941 80m) not on DVD A blessed…happy event p Paul Soskin d Anthony Asquith w Anatole de Grunwald, Terence Rattigan play Esther McCracken ph Bernard Knowles ed Reginald Beck...
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Bob’s Top Ten for 2011
Last week I offered up my choices for the best late releases of 2011– this week, the best films that were actually released for the first time during the full scope of last year. Or at least, the films...
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1922 – Best Picture, Director, Short, Actor & Actress RESULTS
by Allan Fish Again, ladies and germs, straight to the poll results for 1922. Pretty much landslides all round. Best Picture Nosferatu, Germany (11 votes) Best Director Friedrich W.Murnau, Nosferatu...
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Giants, Top Ten list revision, The Unknown, Cinema Paradiso, Bresson...
by Sam Juliano The NYC area was blanketed with several inches of snow early Saturday morning, but rising temperatures that purportedly will hit around 51 today will surely melt the ramnants of the...
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Mendelssohn’s sublime oratorio ‘Paulus’ performed by The Choral Art Society...
by Sam Juliano Felix Mendelssohn’s Paulus, first performed in 1836, is the first of the composer’s two oratorios, and the more popular during his lifetime. The later work Elijah has since eclipsed...
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Senna – Extended Version – 2010/2011, Asif Kapadia
by Allan Fish (UK 2010 166m) DVD1/2 Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose p James Gay-Reese, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner d Asif Kapadia w Manish Pandey ph Jake Polonsky ed Chris...
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‘The Tree of Life’ and Terrence Malick Nab Unexpected Oscar Nominations!
by Sam Juliano Yeah the Oscars are a sham and many of the voters are wankers. Artistry escapes them, and politics and commercialism rear their ugly heads definitely. When Crash beat Brokeback...
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Finding Ford / Rio Grande (1950)
By Peter Lenihan Finding Ford is a biweekly series in which I examine the films of John Ford. There are, it seems, at least two ways of framing Rio Grande, one of the three Ford features of 1950 (Wagon...
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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Greats of British...
by Jamie Rereading one of my favorite books about rock music recently (‘Britpop! Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock’ by John Harris) I was struck by a wonderfully perceptive...
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Jaime’s Top 20 Films of 2011
by Jaime Grijalba. Well, here we are, it’s time to be outraged, whine and scream as I mention my 20 favorite movies of 2011, the year that just went about three weeks ago. I usually do my list around...
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Le Quattro Volte – 2010, Michelangelo Frammartino
by Allan Fish (Italy/Switzerland 2010 88m) DVD1/2 Dust to dust p Philippe Bober, Elda Guidinetti, Marta Donzelli, Gabriella Manfré, Susanne Marian, Andres Pfäffli, Gregorio Paenessa d/w Michelangelo...
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You Can [Not] Repeat: Harold Ramis’ “Groundhog Day”
By Bob Clark Late in Peter Weir’s underrated Fearless, there’s a scene where Jeff Bridges, newly transformed from a mild-mannered San Francisco architect into a passionate bon vivant by the divine...
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