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Best Movies Watched in 2023
I watched 80+ movies in 2023, quite a bit fewer than the previous year. These are the ones that stood out for me: “Mad God” Conceived and Directed by Phil Tippett “The Children of Paradise” Directed by Marcel Carne “The Square” Directed by … Continue reading
Posted in Best films, Best movies of the year, Cinema, cult film, Documentary, film, film review, foreign language film, movie, movie review
Tagged Best movies, Best Movies of 2023, Cinema, cult films, films, Mad God, movies, Phil Tippett
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Best Movies Watched in 2022
“Nightmare Alley” (2021) Directed by Guillermo del Toro “Songs From the Second Floor” (2000) Directed by Roy Andersson “You, the Living” (2007) Directed by Roy Andersson “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (2022) Directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert “Me … Continue reading
Rebecca Solnit, on Cinema
“Movies are made of darkness as well as light; it is the surpassingly brief intervals of darkness between each luminous still image that make it possible to assemble the many images into one moving picture. Without that darkness, there would … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, film, film quote, movie, movie quote
Tagged Cinema, film, film quote, movie, movies, Rebecca Solnit
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Best Films Watched in 2019
Didn’t quite achieve my goal of watching a hundred films during the course of 2019, but at 92 I came pretty darn close. Not as many documentaries this past year, which is somewhat surprising as it’s a genre that has … Continue reading
Film Quote (Tarkovsky)
“In cinema it is necessary not to explain, but to act upon the viewer’s feelings, and the emotion which is awoken is what provokes thought.” Andrei Tarkovsky
Posted in Cinema, classic cinema, film, film quote, foreign language film, movie, movie quote
Tagged Andrei Tarkovsky, art film, Cinema, film, film quote, movies, Soviet cinema
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I hate comic book movies (d’you think it shows?)
This movie sucks (and so do you) Whatever happened to scholarship, whatever happened to standards? Why are there no good, reliable movie critics these days? Where have you gone, Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris? We miss you Manny Farber and … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, classic cinema, comic book movie, film, film review, movie, movie review, superhero movies
Tagged blockbusters, book excerpt, Cinema, film, film reviewers, I hate comic book movies, JJ Abrams, Joss Whedon, Mouth: Rants & Routines, movies, Rotten Tomatoes, superhero movies
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Best Films Watched in 2018
Thanks to the irresistible temptations of Netflix and the unfortunate discovery of podcasts, I watched less than 100 movies in 2018, far below my usual tally. Ah, but in my defense, the proportion of good movies to bad ones was … Continue reading
Best Movies of 2017
For the second year in a row I managed to watch over one hundred movies in 2017. Here is a roster of my favorite cinematic experiences of the past year: “I, Daniel Blake” (Directed by Ken Loach) “Dogtooth” (Directed by … Continue reading
Film quote
“Could it be that some film directors (like Hitchcock), if they are to gaze with such longing, are safer and freer if they don’t ask too much about their own motives? Is it possible that a similar liberating restraint applies … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, classic cinema, film, movie
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Cinema, David Thomson, film, film quote, movie quote, movies, The Big Screen
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