I have a high resistance to click bait headlines that contain phrases like: “You’ll be amazed…” “You won’t believe…” “Fans are convinced…” “____ will give you all the feels” (I never click on anything that uses the phrase “all the … Continue reading
1) There are two movies I’m enjoying very much these days, and they are, in some ways, quite similar. Both are about two children, twelve years old, a boy and a girl. The boy is very lonely, bullied and ostracized … Continue reading
I’ve bought a few DVDs from the Criterion Collection over the years, so I get their email announcements when new films are available, but I seldom buy any (money, mostly, and for many movies a regular DVD is more than … Continue reading
I just watched this movie again, and it’s still pretty terrific. It sags somewhat in the middle, partly because of how excellent the beginning and the end are, and partly because of how quickly it becomes clear who the guilty … Continue reading
I’m a member of AARP, for obvious reasons (though I’m not retired), and so I get various AARP magazines. They sometimes have articles about movies, which are usually, “Here are some movies for grown-ups!” (you know, with no superheroes or … Continue reading
I’ve written before about my idea of how to best adapt a book into a movie: throw out the book and make a good movie (as Howard Hawks did, for example, when adapting To Have and Have Not, a mediocre … Continue reading