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‘The Great Santini’ a shattering family drama based on Pat Conroy novel
by Sam Juliano This is a continuation of a long dormant series that will examine films from the 1970′s and 1980′s that were either forgotten, undervalued or misunderstood at the time of their release,...
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Dreams of a Life – 2011, Carol Morley
by Allan Fish (UK 2011 90m) DVD2 A frown turned upside-down p James Mitchell, Cairo Cannon d/w Carol Morley ph Mary Farbrother, Lynda Hall ed Chris Wyatt m Barry Adamson art Chris Richmond...
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The Vagaries of Chronology
by Allan Fish If there is any facet of being a film buff, especially one as obsessively completist as myself, it’s the problem of chronology. Namely, ascertaining what year whould be attributed to a...
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“Give it some thought”: Wong Kar Wai’s ‘Days of Being Wild’ and Henri-Georges...
Copyright © 2012 by James Clark A close look at contemporary film can provide some big surprises. While every saga would have to show some kind of conflict, there is, surprisingly, quite a numerous...
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André Morell – An Actor for All Seasons
by Allan Fish It may seem a strange choice of caption; surely the Actor for All Seasons was the great Paul Scofield, who immortalised the role of Thomas More both on stage and in 1966 on screen. To...
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Kinji Fukasaku’s ‘Battle Royale’ with Cheese: Gary Ross’s ‘The Hunger Games’
by Jaime Grijalba. You know who would loose both the Battle Royale and the Hunger Games? Bob Clark… because he’s sick. And now, like a victorious warrior I’ve taken over his place to talk about the two...
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1934 – Best Picture, Director, Short, Actor, Actress, S.Actor, S.Actress,...
by Allan Fish Winners for 1934… Best Picture L’Atalante, France (6 votes) Best Director Jean Vigo, L’Atalante (7 votes) Best Short The Mascot, France, Wladyslaw Starewicz (5 votes) Best Actor John...
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The Cabin in the Woods, Monsieur Lazhar, Habemus Papam, Footnote, Keyhole and...
by Sam Juliano Spring break for most is over, and the month of April is at the mid-way point. The weather has been glorious, the baseball season is now in full swing (Yankee fans are rejoicing the...
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Comedy Legends resurrected in decent new ‘Three Stooges’ movie
by Sam Juliano Purveyors of unadulterated slapstick and a defining anarchy, The Three Stooges were initially seen in movie theatres in the late 30′s and early 40′s in short films that ran before...
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A-Plumbing We Will Go – 1940, Del Lord
by Allan Fish (USA 1940 18m) DVD1/2 This has gotta end some place p Jules White d Del Lord w Elwood Ullman Moe Howard (Moe), Larry Fine (Larry), Curly Howard (Curly), Dudley Dickerson (cook),...
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Win This
by the Wonders staff We here at Wonders in the Dark would like to unveil a new contest feature that will find the winner being given an original Wonders in the Dark boutique dvd release. Inspired by...
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Finding Ford / Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
By Peter Lenihan Finding Ford is a biweekly series on the films of John Ford. The next installment will be on The Long Voyage Home. Here’s the thing about Will Rogers, the quarter-Cherokee vaudeville...
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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Greats of British...
by Jamie So often in this series, whether it be in the actual meat of my post or from the prodding of a comment underneath is a discussion on importance prompted. Usually it becomes a matter of a list,...
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Françoise Arnoul – la jeune fille avec l’oeil endormi
by Allan Fish Under the entry for Jacques Becker’s look at post-war Parisian youth Rendezvous de Juillet, Leonard Maltin’s Film Guide tells the reader to “watch closely for an unbilled 18 year old...
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Near Futuristic Experience: Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales” on Page and Screen
By Bob Clark The first time I watched Wim Wenders’ science-fiction epic Until the End of the World, it was under both the worst circumstances possible, but also some of the most interesting ones...
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1935 – Best Picture, Director, Short, Actor, Actress, S.Actor, S.Actress,...
by Allan Fish And again, straight to it… Best Picture The Bride of Frankenstein, US (7 votes) Best Director James Whale, The Bride of Frankenstein (7 votes) Best Short The Band Concert, US, Wilfrid...
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Tribeca Film Festival on Monday Morning Diary (April 23)
by Sam Juliano April showers bring May flowers. Almost every year this adage rings true, but in the NYC area there has been little of the wet stuff. Only the past few days have we been reminded of...
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Tribeca Film Festival fever grips Big Apple
by Sam Juliano The Tribeca Film Festival, now in it’s eleventh year has been steadily gaining in popularity and in perception among the world’s cineastes. Founded by the actor Robert DeNiro, the...
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Century of Birthing – 2011, Lav Diaz
by Allan Fish (Philippines 2011 360m) not on DVD Aka. Siglo ng pagluluawl Love in the house p Lav Diaz, Ricky Gallardo d/w Lav Diaz ph Lav Diaz ed Lav Diaz m Lav Diaz art Perry Dizon, Dante...
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Kaneto Shindo – 100 Years Old
Not a full post as I was intending as I have been too ill for the last couple of days, but a quick alert to the 100th birthday of Japanese director Kaneto Shindo on Sunday. While he may not quite...
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