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The Witness and at-home viewings on Monday Morning Diary (June 7)
Bill Genovese, brother of murdered Kitty (in 1964) responds to questions on stage with filmmakers after screening of documentary THE WITNESS by Sam Juliano Those planning to submit a ballot for the Top...
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J.D. Lafrance on Shane Black’s “The Nice Guys”
by J.D. Lafrance In retrospect, releasing an R-rated buddy action movie at the beginning of the summer blockbuster season – amidst comic book superhero movies and children’s animated films – was...
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Richard Linklater’s EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! “Welcome to the Big Leagues, boys!”
© 2016 by James Clark A college baseball player filled to the brim with dreams and drives about making it to the Big Leagues, creates a small riot at a club by attacking the bartender for less than...
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From Afar, Conjuring 2 and Fiddler on the Roof on Monday Morning Diary (June 13)
Fiddler on the Roof lyricist Sheldon Harnick at Film Forum on SundayEnter a caption by Sam Juliano The depravity in Orlando over the weekend reduces all other discussion to below inconsequential, but...
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DePalma; Finding Dory, at-home viewings and bookstore presentation on Monday...
Screen cap from Kaneto Shindo 1952 Japanese masterpiece “Children of Hiroshima” by Sam Juliano The first stage of the science-fiction countdown has concluded, and Voting Tabulator Extraordinaire Angelo...
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ANTON CORBIJN’S ‘LIFE’“You’re somethin’ else!”
by James Clark Life (2015), a film about a desultory movie star in tandem with an ambitious photojournalist, appears to be absorbed in the delivery of visual liveliness, charisma. Put into play...
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J.D. Lafrance on Alan J. Pakula’s “The Parallax View”
by J.D. Lafrance The 1970s was an era where disco tortured our eardrums and nihilistic cinema ruled an American landscape riddled with a deep distrust of the government brought about by the...
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Free State of Jones and 1776 on Monday Morning Diary (June 27)
Screen capture from underrated Civil War film “Free State of Jones” directed by Gary Ross by Sam Juliano After months of taking small steps in behalf of the upcoming Top 100 Science Fiction Countdown...
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A Note to Our Dear Friend Allan Fish
Allan, I know you are presently at the infirmary in Lancaster, and won’t be reading anything for a while. Allan, we are all shattered in this house by this latest news, though underneath all the tears...
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Allan Fish on Monday Morning Diary (July 4)
Young Danny and Allan during 2009 Christmas trip to Fairview, New Jersey by Sam Juliano This week’s Monday Morning Diary has been reduced to irrelevence in view of the unconscionable news from Allan...
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Michael Cimino Memoriam: Allan Fish and Bob Clark on “Heaven’s Gate”
Note: Allan Fish and Bob Clark have previously penned superlative essays on Michael Cimino’s polarizing ‘Heaven’s Gate.’ Both reviews are exceedingly positive – Allan in fact has named this one of...
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Brian De Palma’s ‘Dressed To Kill’: “Yeah, but what a kid!”
© 2016 by James Clark Brian De Palma, apparently pigeonholed as a disciple of Alfred Hitchcock, would seem to be an unlikely kin to a strict, Jesuitical Catholic who, for all his technical and...
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(100) Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Bob Clark Well, here we are, starting another movie countdown, and with me writing about one of my oldest subjects. A bit boring, right? That’s why I’ve decided to try something a little different for...
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99. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
by John Grant This is widely regarded as the best screen version ever made of Stevenson’s classic tale. Alarmingly, we’re lucky to have it. When MGM was preparing to release its 1941 adaptation, with...
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98. The Box (2009)
by Jaimie Grijalba First, I am extremely glad that I’ve had the chance to write about the films of Richard Kelly for the science fiction countdown, and I hope that this doesn’t come as a surprise when...
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97. Primer (2004)
by Robert Hornak “Meticulous, yes. Methodical, educated; they were these things… Like anyone, they varied. There were days of mistakes and laziness and in-fighting, and there were days, good days,...
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96. Invaders From Mars (1953)
by Lee Price Email Sent: Mon, Jun 27, 2016 8:57 am Hi Sam, Hmmm… I’m seriously considering going down one of cinema’s greatest rabbit holes. Has anyone claimed Invaders from Mars yet? … Lee I’ve been...
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Our Kind of Traitor and science-fiction countdown on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano Our thoughts continue to focus on Allan, who is tentatively scheduled to begin his treatment on Wednesday. As always talking about film or any other subject seems meaningless. Yes...
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95. Jurassic Park (1992)
By Roderick Heath This piece has been written for Wonders in the Dark’s Top 100 Science Fiction Films Countdown. The box office success of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), his third trip...
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94. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
By Stephen Mullen Plan 9 From Outer Space is the poster child for a lot of things. Worst film of all time? So bad it’s good? Or more positively, as a piece of 0 budget filmmaking, and all that can go...
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