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Greatest Childhood/Adolescent countdown and looking ahead
Screen cap from Elem Klimov’s 1985 Russian masterpiece “Come and See” which was examined in a stunning 4,600 word essay by Jamie Uhler, which was the longest review of the entire countdown Screen cap...
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Sicario and Bridge of Spies on Monday Morning Diary (October 19)
Mark Rylance and Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies” Screen grab from Dennis Villeneuve’s riveting and taut mega thrilled “Sicario” starring Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro by Sam...
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Countdown Nearlie: Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
by John Grant The British gem ‘Whistle Down the Wind” came very close to making the Greatest Childhood/Adolescent Films Countdown. At ‘Noirish’ the renowned John Grant reviewed it magnificently in...
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Message to site readers about the upcoming site countdown
To all writers and readers of Wonders in the Dark: by Sam Juliano As everyone who has been following the site well knows, we have tentative plans to conduct a Greatest Science-Fiction Films countdown...
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The Walk, Comic Con Convention and Final Days of Greatest...
by Sam Juliano Columbus Day. If you’re lucky you’ll get a day off from work. Otherwise it is business as usual, though it seems the weather is mighty fine all over, and the fall season has set in....
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3. Pather Panchali (1955)
By Richard R.D. Finch The raw material of the cinema is life itself,” wrote Satyajit Ray in a magazine article in 1948, adding that “the truly Indian film should…look for its material in the more...
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2. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
By Dean Treadway Just to try something a little different, I offer: 100 Things I Love About Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander (in no particular order): It was my big-screen introduction to...
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JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE’S ‘LEON MORIN, PRIEST’“My soul felt like a brothel”
© 2015 by James Clark You have to be careful, in general, when endeavouring to track a filmmaker’s understanding of life as brought to us in his or her work. When, in particular, you come to a...
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1. The 400 Blows (1959)
by Sam Juliano French film titles generally persevere over their English counterparts more than those in any other language, but Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows is the clear preference over Les...
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Greatest Childhood/Adolescent countdown and looking ahead
Screen cap from Elem Klimov’s 1985 Russian masterpiece “Come and See” which was examined in a stunning 4,600 word essay by Jamie Uhler, which was the longest review of the entire countdown Screen cap...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sicario and Bridge of Spies on Monday Morning Diary (October 19)
Mark Rylance and Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies” Screen grab from Dennis Villeneuve’s riveting and taut mega thrilled “Sicario” starring Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro by Sam...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Countdown Nearlie: Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
by John Grant The British gem ‘Whistle Down the Wind” came very close to making the Greatest Childhood/Adolescent Films Countdown. At ‘Noirish’ the renowned John Grant reviewed it magnificently in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Message to site readers about the upcoming site countdown
To all writers and readers of Wonders in the Dark: by Sam Juliano As everyone who has been following the site well knows, we have tentative plans to conduct a Greatest Science-Fiction Films countdown...
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Caldecott Medal Contender: Rude Cakes
by Sam Juliano Note: This is the first review in the 2015 Caldecott Contender series that will be published at this site over the coming months, up until the January 30th scheduled awards date. The...
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3. Pather Panchali (1955)
By Richard R.D. Finch The raw material of the cinema is life itself,” wrote Satyajit Ray in a magazine article in 1948, adding that “the truly Indian film should…look for its material in the more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
By Dean Treadway Just to try something a little different, I offer: 100 Things I Love About Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander (in no particular order): It was my big-screen introduction to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE’S ‘LEON MORIN, PRIEST’“My soul felt like a brothel”
© 2015 by James Clark You have to be careful, in general, when endeavouring to track a filmmaker’s understanding of life as brought to us in his or her work. When, in particular, you come to a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1. The 400 Blows (1959)
by Sam Juliano French film titles generally persevere over their English counterparts more than those in any other language, but Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows is the clear preference over Les...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greatest Childhood/Adolescent countdown and looking ahead
Screen cap from Elem Klimov’s 1985 Russian masterpiece “Come and See” which was examined in a stunning 4,600 word essay by Jamie Uhler, which was the longest review of the entire countdown Screen cap...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sicario and Bridge of Spies on Monday Morning Diary (October 19)
Mark Rylance and Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies” Screen grab from Dennis Villeneuve’s riveting and taut mega thrilled “Sicario” starring Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro by Sam...
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