I was watching a review of the works of Satoshi Kon today, where it was mentioned that one of Kong’s major influences had been the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s Slaughterhouse Five. Since that’s yet another example of a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, I decided to do some 1950 heist films. Beyond the genre, which I’ve already done a few times before is that they both have Sterling Hayden in them. Since a heist film is almost by definition ensemble piece, I can’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the heavy depressing and heavy heist films that went of their way to show as well as tell us how crime doesn’t pay, I thought I’d clear my palette a little bit with some complete fluff. My choice of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For this week’s selection, I watch films about Napoleon Bonaparte. The first on my list, Sergei Bondarchuk’s Waterloo, was a film that I had heard mixed things about. On one side I definitely heard that lots of people like that thinking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because we just got through text times I decided to do films involving members of the IRS as protagonists. After all, this time of year can’t be easy for them either…. They’re only human after all… Yes, really! First on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week I decided to have some fun and watch some films I had heard about for some time about Viking adventures. ( I briefly considered calling it Viking Fantasy but while one of the films definitely was, the other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very Happy Birthday to Mr Duke Ellington. Let’s celebrate by listening to him and his band perform Mood Indigo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GohBkHaHap8
`This week I watched films about subways. Specifically, ones that were sort of urban fantasies and sort of comedies… but not quite. The first film on my list, Luc Besson’s Subway. Christopher Lambert plays Fred a man who has just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very happy to Mr. Miles Davis. Let’s celebrate by listening to him perform “Dear Old Stockholm.” From his “Young Man With a Horn” Album.
This week I decided to dip into a very small pool and watch comedies about Rabbis. The film that inspired me to go with this theme was the first film on my list, Gérard Oury‘s The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
