This week I watched films based on Graham Greene novels. I’ve always had mixed feelings about Graham Greene as an author. Make no mistake, he’s very good, but he tends to be a little too cynical even by my snarky[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For this week’s theme I chose something I think I’ll call celestial trials… that is to say court cases in the afterlife. The first film on the list, Micheal Powell’s, A Matter of Life And Death, better known as, much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wanted to call this week’s Scarecrow selection white-collar crimes, but since none of the things mentioned it these films were technically illegal, I decided to just call it stocks and bonds. Starting with the bond side, the first film[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week I decided after watching a handful of heavy dramas and satires, I really need some light, inconsequential fluff to clear my palate. To do this I decided to watch some of the fluffiest thing I could think of,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week was the Emerald City Comic Con. So in its honor, I thought I’d do something comic related. However since I’ve seen all but the absolute worst of most of the genre, I went for some adaptations of some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week for my film selection I picked up a sub-genre that I’d never heard of, the Acid Western. The Acid Western tries to grasp the symbolism and myth of the west in such films as Shane or The Searchers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We care decided to do something different and watch films based on one of the classics of Western Literature, Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron. Like Canturbury tales, written about the same time, the Decameron is a collection of stories of all sorts.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I confess I really screwed the pooch on this one. I went to Scarecrow with the intent to base my picks on Comedy on Manners. My initial research certainly said that my picks SAID they were comedies of manners. However,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wanted some fluff after some of what I watched the other week. I decided to check to see if there were any high fantasy films I hadn’t seen before. Regrettably, it looked like I’d watched a lot more than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After watching a pair of dry and depressing art films I needed a change of pace. So I decided to take a look at one of my favorite director’s attempts at comedy. Make no mistake, Alfred Hitchcock has always had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
