The Martian and Pather Panchali redux
Reviews and thoughts on Pather Panchali, The Martian, Labyrith, Inside Llewyn Davis, and a handfull of classic Les Blanc films.
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Classic Symbiotic Collaborations blog-a-thon
This past weekend saw the memorial service for my wife’s grandfather and with it I found myself surrounded by my cousin and her four little balls of energy.
Read more "Classic Symbiotic Collaborations blog-a-thon"Barbara Stanwyck Blog-a-thon
For the Barbara Stanwyck Blog-a-Thon I chose the two films The Woman in Red from 1935 and Executive Suite from 1954. Click for more.
Read more "Barbara Stanwyck Blog-a-thon"The Red Balloon and Blue is the Warmest Color
Reviews and thoughts on The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse, which I loved and, Blue is the Warmest Color by Abdel Kechiche, which I did not.
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January 7th, 2004 was a chilly day. Bruce and I drove from his parents home downtown to sit is perhaps the worst seats in the house to see David Bowie. The stage was dressed with white trees and his full band. Around the halfway mark in the concert he stopped to gab and said that […]
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Mad Max: Fury Road dir. George Miller – 7.8 – This is the first Mad Max film I have watched. Sure, I’ve seen clips from the earlier ones but it never grabbed me. If it was not for several friends telling me about the anti-patriarchy themes I may have passed over this one as well. I am […]
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