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Allan Fish Bonanza: Marketa Lazarova (1967)
Note: This review of the Czech masterpiece ‘Marketa Lazarova” is the nineteenth in the ongoing Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series. I considers a film Allan has championed for a number of years dating...
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Melanie Juliano’s new short film chosen as festival finalist
18 YEAR-OLD MELANIE JULIANO’S SHORT FILM “100 LIKES” (3 minutes, 11 seconds) has been chosen as one of the finalists in the ‘Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow Bergen County High School Film Festival’ to...
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Allan Fish Bonanza: Safety Last (1923)
Note: This twentieth entry in the superlative Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series was chosen by Marilyn Ferdinand, who was fully cognizant of Allan’s particular affinity for silent cinema. This is...
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Allan Fish Bonanza: The Prestige (2006)
Note: The twenty-first entry in the stupendous Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series was chosen by WitD site writer Maurizio Roca, who credits Allan for making him “see” the artistry of this film after an...
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Another Extension to Allan Fish Bonanza Encore Series
I have decided to extend the Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series until Sunday, November 2nd. With Halloween approaching I’d like to pillage the archives and trot out several of Allan’s reviews in that...
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Play ‘The Answer-Killing Question Buys A Crisis,’ St. Vincent, and Allan Fish...
Rafa Perez and Damon Trammell, lead players in Barry Germansky’s “The Answer-Killing Question Buys A Crisis at the Crown Theater. by Sam Juliano Barry Germansky’s off-Off- Broadway play The...
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Allan Fish Bonanza: The Shining (1980)
Note: This first Halloween entry in the classic Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series is the twenty-second in the series overall to post over the past weeks at WitD. (US/UK 1980 146m) DVD1 (114m only on...
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Allan Fish Bonanza: Psycho (1960)
Note: This second Halloween entry in the classic Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series is the twenty-third in the series overall to post over the past weeks at WitD. by Allan Fish (USA 1960 109m) DVD1/2 A...
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STANLEY KUBRICK’S EYES WIDE SHUT “I’d rather not put it into words…”
© 2014 by James Clark Take a look at 1938 Roma from the perspective of Federico Fellini’s film, Roma (1972), and you could be well on the way to comprehending what’s up with the 1999 New York...
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Allan Fish Bonanza: Nosferatu (1922)
Note: This third Halloween entry in the classic Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series is the twenty-fourth in the series overall to post over the past weeks at WitD. by Allan Fish (Germany 1922 96m)...
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Allan Fish Bonanza: Dead of Night (1945)
Note: This fourth Halloween entry in the classic Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series is the twenty-fifth in the series overall to post over the past weeks at WitD. by Allan Fish (UK 1945 105m) DVD1/2...
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“Psycho” Voted Favorite Horror Film of All-Time on my FB page
by Sam Juliano “PSYCHO” VOTED FAVORITE HORROR FILM OF ALL-TIME Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic horror film “Psycho” was voted the favorite horror film in movie history in a vote decided by 30 voters over...
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Allan Fish Bonanza: Dogville (2003)
Note: This great review of Lars Von Trier’s ‘Dogville’ is the twenty-sixth in the ongoing Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series. It was chosen by fellow Von Trier adherent, WitD writer extraordinaire Jim...
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Caldecott Medal Contender series and Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series on...
by Sam Juliano The Allan Fish Bonanza Encore Series has reached the end of its first phase, but the series will be continued well into the future with two reviews a weekend until May of 2015. I would...
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H.P. Lovecraft on the ‘Republicans’
“As for the Republicans — how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, steel their emotions against...
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Caldecott Medal Contender: Galapagos George
by Sam Juliano Note: This is the first entry in the 2014 Caldecott Medal Contender series. The series does not purport to predict what the committee will choose, rather it attempts to gauge what the...
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Allan Fish Bonanza: The Long Day Closes (1992)
Note: This is the twenty-seventh entry in the ongoing ‘Allan Fish Bonanza Encore series.’ It considers a Terence Davies masterwork that Allan placed at No. 2 during his 1990’s countdown of a few...
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Melanie Juliano’s glorious First-Place win in Film Festival; trip to Salem...
by Sam Juliano MELANIE JULIANO’S FILM WINS FIRST PLACE AT FESTIVAL!!!!!!! “James Gandolfini Prize” awarded to Melanie by the late actor’s sister!! Melanie Juliano’s short film “100 Likes” was awarded...
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ALAIN RESNAIS HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR “Looking closely at things is something...
© 2014 by James Clark Alain Resnais is a filmmaker widely revered as a harbinger of the many contemporary filmic launches testing our tolerance for risk and innovation. Unlike many of those he...
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