Thanks to the increasing respectability of the horror genre in academic circles, horror movies that previously were destined for the bargain bins or packaged in cheap 50-film packs are being rescued and given the kind of fully restored Blu-ray releases usually reserved for much more prestigious and respectable fare. Now there may be some who wonder …
Continue reading Adventures in Criterion Vol. 3: Horror Movies
Continuing my never-ending quest of diving through all my Criterion movies, this month I decided to tackle a bunch of my screwball comedies. Of course given the enormous magnitude of my collection, I was only able to get through maybe half of my Criterion screwball comedies at best. To be fair, as the high number …
Continue reading Adventures in Criterion Vol. 2: Screwball Comedies
Agnès Varda is nothing short of a living legend. She will turn ninety next month and has been making films for seven decades which is remarkable considering in those seven decades very little has necessarily changed to make it easier for women directors to have a long career. She is one of the key filmmakers …
Continue reading Directed By Women: Agnès Varda Edition (April 2018)
It may come as a surprise to some of you that I am a Christian (and a seminary-trained one to boot). It shouldn't because I explicitly state this in my bio, but I understand if that is potentially shocking given the fact that (a) I haven't reviewed any explicit Christian films (and haven't intentionally watched …
I will admit that for most of my run in catching up with the Best Picture winners I hadn't seen yet it has been a bit of a slog. It simply confirmed that there was a reason why I ignored most of these movies in the first place as I ran the gamut of over-wrought, …
As the title of this post may indicate, this is the second edition of my quest to actually see all the Best Picture Winners. While Volume 1 helped to shatter some preconceived notions of the kinds of movies that win the Oscars, Volume 2 has only emphasized that there are very valid reasons why the …
Anybody who has had a glimpse of the magnitude of my personal movie collection has long suspected that I have a problem. And they would be right. My collection is enormous thanks to the lethal combinations of my completionist streak, the increasing availability of disposable income, and the general collapse of the home video market. …
Continue reading Adventures in Criterion Vol. 1: Crime Movies
Anyone who has known me for any period of time knows that I love Halloween and after Christmas it is easily my favourite holiday. A big reason for this probably is a direct result from my being exposed to the writings of Roald Dahl from a very early age which has made me especially drawn …
(As is the case with my viewing habits, once in awhile and typically during the slow part of the year, I get into the habit of running through a chunk of someone's filmography or a bunch of movies with thematic similarity. Since they are usually pretty rewarding experiences for me, I figure I might as …
There is a moment halfway through the movie where Francis (Owen Wilson), Jack (Jason Schwartzman), and Peter (Adrien Brody) find themselves in the middle of rural India on a bus. An Indian man stares at them incredulously and asks "What are you doing in this place?" and without skipping a beat Francis answers with utter …
Continue reading 10th Year Anniversary: The Darjeeling Limited
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