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1860 – 1934, Alessandro Blasetti
by Allan Fish (Italy 1934 75m) DVD2 (Italy only) Aka. 1860 – I Mille di Garibaldi; Gesuzza the Garibaldian Wife Waiting for Giuseppe p Emilio Cecchi d Alessandro Blasetti w Gino Mazzucchi, Emilio...
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Childhood Films Countdown, The Farewell Party, and Jeremy’s Confirmation on...
by Sam Juliano The Childhood Films countdown has reached the end of first phase, after the deadline for Top 60 submissions ended on Sunday night at 11:00 P.M. EST. The grand total of 35 ballots is a...
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The Ten Best Films of 2014
by Duane Porter There’s been a lot of discussion over the past few months concerning the state of cinema in 2014. Many seem to feel that it was a decidedly mediocre year for movies. I can agree, there...
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Ex Machina – 2015, Alex Garland
by Allan Fish (UK 2015 108m) DVD1/2 Mary in a black and white world p Andrew MacDonald, Allon Reich d/w Alex Garland ph Rob Hardy ed Mark Day m Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury art Mark Digby,...
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F for Fake – 1973, Orson Welles
by Allan Fish (France 1973 85m) DVD1/2 Aka. Vérités et mensonges Watch out for the slightest hint of hanky panky p François Reichenbach, Dominique Antoine d/w Orson Welles ph Gary Graver,...
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Maria Candelaria, Pickup on South Street, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting...
1944 Mexican masterpiece ‘Maria Candelaria’ shown at Film Forum as part of Gabriel Figueroa Festival. Screen capture from brilliant conclusion to Roy Andersson Trilogy, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch...
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JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE’S ‘BOB LE FLAMBEUR': “…age has wisened him up…”
© 2015 by James Clark It wouldn’t seem plausible, from the perspective of bloated numbers pledging their allegiance to “commonsensible” understanding of the world in general and film in...
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Sir Christopher Lee – 1922-2015
by Allan Fish I never met Christopher Lee. Most people who were left deeply saddened by yesterday’s announcement of his death won’t have done either. But they feel as if they did. Only yesterday...
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La Maison des Bois – 1971 TV, Maurice Pialat
by Allan Fish (France 1971 355m) not on DVD Aka. The House in the Woods Hervé’s war p Pierre Long, Yves Laumet d Maurice Pialat w René Wheeler ph Roger Duculot ed Martine Giordano, Arlette...
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Love & Mercy; La Maison des Bois, Hudson County Park Art Festival and Paramus...
First Annual Art Exhibit near Hudson County Lake over the weekend by Sam Juliano Some steady improvement in my mobility and knee issue has enabled me to stay the course with various planned events over...
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Game of Thrones – Five down, two to go. Where do we go from here?
by Allan Fish WARNING – contains spoilers and conjecture, so do not proceed if you haven’t seen till the end of series 5. It seems so long ago now. Arya serving Tywin Lannister at Harrenhal, trying...
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Die Andere Heimat – 2013, Edgar Reitz
by Allan Fish (Germany 2013 225m) DVD2 Aka. Die Andere Heimat: Chronik einer Sehnsucht; Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision Where the sun goes when it sets here p Christian Reitz d Edgar Reitz w...
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Black Mirror – White Christmas – 2014 TV, Carl Tibbetts
by Allan Fish (UK 2014 77m) DVD2 1827 days in hell…with Roy Wood p Barney Reisz d Carl Tibbetts w Charlie Brooker ph George Steel m John Opstad art Joel Collins Jon Hamm (Matt), Rafe Spall...
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Pather Panchali and Childhood Countdown launching on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano The real thing in terms of summer heat has descended on the metropolitan area for the past few weeks, but this is pretty much the report from many of our friends elsewhere. With the...
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83. The White Ribbon (2009)
by Ed Howard Note: This review by Ed Howard marks the official launching of the ‘Top 83′ Childhood Films Countdown which will will run Monday through Friday until completion well into October. Michael...
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82. Sundays and Cybele (1962)
By Dean Treadway After years of merely seeing the title Sundays and Cybele bandied about, I only recently got the chance to see it courtesy of our heroes at Criterion. I had long had it on my radar,...
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JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE’S LE SAMOURAI “What kind of a man are you, anyway?”
© 2015 by James Clark David Thomson cherishes Melville’s Le Samourai (1967) for its “… configurations… so mysterious, so averse to everyday explanation;” and he goes on to wrap it up as an...
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81. River’s Edge (1986)
by Sam Juliano A persuasive case could be made for 1986’s subversive River’s Edge as the most nihilist film about teenagers ever made. The fact that this perverse drama was directed by one who just...
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80. L’Enfance Nue (1968)
by Ed Howard Maurice Pialat’s debut feature was L’enfance nue, a quiet, unassuming film about childhood confusion and isolation, following the lead of his predecessors in the French film tradition,...
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79. Oliver! (1968)
by Mark Lester (a. k. a. Sam Juliano) My name is Mark Lester and I am now nine-years old. I just got back from America, after appearing at the Academy Awards, where the movie I starred in, Oliver!...
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