I wanted to do one last week of fluff before I went back to watching films with a little more meat on them. So I went back to my favorite mediums of illustration, specifically, French animation. Films that were technically children’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Continuing my world war I theme, I watched French world war I films. Considering France was one of the countries hardest hit by the war, l thought that perspective would be especially interesting. The first film on my list, Jean[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a long time anime fan, I’m very familiar with the trope of magical girlfriends. Because of this, I thought I’d look at examples in western films. This wasn’t as easy as it sounds. For one thing, I’ve seen a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve always enjoyed modern folklore involving UFOs and related esoterica. Because of this, for this week’s selection, I chose films featuring the beings referred to as Men in Black. Keep in mind, when I say Men in Black, I’m not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week I watched artistic thrillers about serial killers. ones that were stylistic enough that it’s hard to call them horror films, no matter how hard you try. The first film on my list. Charles Laughton’s “The Night of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s been a while since I’ve done Tuesday Rhapsodies. I’d mostly used up all of my possibilities and got tired of scraping the barrel trying to find new ones. Having said that, after hearing so many versions of Liszt’s Second[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You’d think after doing serial killers last week I’d get as far away from the topic as possible until Halloween. Instead, I double down watching films about how the media hypes serial killers. The first film on my list Oliver[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know, I know, I’ve done Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin before. But I was looking for a safe version of it for a Youtube trailer I’ve been working on and I stumbled over the original 1927 recording. What amazed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week I finally got around to watching another series of classics that, for assorted reasons, I’ve never gotten too. In this case, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope’s The Road To series. For years, I’ve mostly seen films that were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very happy One Hundred and Twenty First birthday to the one and only Duke Ellington! Let’s celebrate by playing one of his greatest hits, that is regretfully appropriate for this day and age, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.
