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Wonderful News from Allan’s Aunt Anne Cafferkey

by Anne Cafferkey Well here we are one week later and what a week it’s been.  Allan is progressing really well.  The ventilation tube is out and the oxygen supply is being reduced daily.  He can now...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: Extraordinary Stories (2008)

Note: The fifth entry in the Allan Fish Bonanza  Encore Series was selected by the great writer and impassioned cineaste Sachin Gandhi, the erstwhile proprietor of ‘Scribbles and Ramblings.’  by Allan...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: Son of Man (1969)

Note: This sixth entry in the Allan Fish Bonanza Encore Series was chosen by longtime WitD adherent and The Dancing Image proprietor Joel Bocko. by Allan Fish (UK 1969 90m) not on DVD Love your...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: John Huston’s ‘Fat City’ (1972)

Note: The review of John Huston’s ‘Fat City’ was chosen by distinguished movie fan and commentator Frank Gallo.  It is the seventh in the Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series. by Allan Fish (USA 1972...

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Monday Morning Diary will be Tuesday Morning Diary for this week due to...

This week’s Monday Morning Diary will become the Tuesday Morning Diary, a shifting I often employ when there are three-day holiday weekends.  So the normal MMD thread will appear late Monday night, and...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: The Double Life of Veronique (1991)

Note:  This eighth entry in the Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series was selected by the miraculous Jon Warner of Films Worth Watching, and a vital component of the WitD universe. (France/Poland 1991 98m)...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: Through the Olive Trees (1994)

Note: This review of Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘Through the Olive Trees,’ is the ninth posted in the Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series.  It was chosen by Film Noir writer extraordinaire Tony d’Ambra, who...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Note: This tenth entry in the stellar Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series was chosen by a former commentator and good friend, ‘Frederick’ who is tasteful cineaste.  His choice was sent on to me by e...

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Allan Fish Bonanza Encore Series, Saturday Trip to Baltimore and Skeleton...

  by Sam Juliano The Allan Fish Bonanza Encore Series is moving ahead magnificently, and will continue until October 28th.  I have decided to add a third full week in view of the series’ success, and...

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The Dupes (1972)

Note:  The eleventh entry in the Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series, ‘The Dupes’ was chosen by longtime WitD adherent and gifted film commentator Kaleem Hasan, the erstwhile proprietor of ‘Satyamshot’...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon (1975)

Note: The twelfth entry in the Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series was selected by WitD site writer extraordinaire Maurizio Roca, who credits this review for his own coming around on the film in a big...

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Pablo Berger’s BLANCANIEVES “Never take your eyes off the bull”

 © 2014 by James Clark        It seems a bit strange, wanting at the outset to dig into a rather complex point of film design, for a film virtually no one has seen. But, as never before with this...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Note: The thirteenth entry in the Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series, the classic ‘Sunset Boulevard’ by Billy Wilder, was selected by artist and photographer extraordinaire Jeff Stroud, himself an avid...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: Death in the Land of Encantos (2007)

Note: This fourteenth entry in the stupendous Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series was chosen by Allan’s very good friend ‘James,’ an impassioned film buff, who has benefited greatly by Alan’s generosity...

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R.I.P. Halliwell’s Film Guide

Note:  This longer piece from Allan on Halliwell’s famous Film Guide is the fifteenth in the ongoing Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series.  It was selected by site regular and impassioned film buff Peter...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Note: This is the sixteenth entry in the fabulous Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series.  The choice Howard Hawkes’ classic “Only Angels Have Wings” was chosen by the renowned film writer Judy Geater, the...

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Allan Fish Bonanza, Melanie’s Baltimore Video and Birdman on Monday Morning...

by Sam Juliano The extraordinary Allan Fish Bonanza Encore Series will continue unabated till Tuesday, October 28th, but in reality it will not end there by a long shot.  The site will continue to...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: A Promise (1986)

Note: This seventeenth entry in the towering Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series was recommended by Allan’s great friend ‘James’, who has long appreciated Allan’s tireless attention to great cinema that...

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Anne Cafferkey: Allan is out of ICU!!!!

Allan left ICU last night and is now on ward 11 which I believe is surgical ward, he has had a very good night’s sleep and is settled nicely.Things are really looking up for him, full report when we...

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Allan Fish Bonanza: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Note: To celebrate Allan’s departure from the ICU -glowingly reported today by his dear maternal Aunt Anne Cafferkey- I offer you one of Allan’s own favorite reviews of all time of a film he holds...

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