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AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Peter Markle's 1994 western comedy "WAGONS EAST" starring John Candy and Richard Lewis.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look at Bryan Singer's 2000 film "X-MEN" starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and Famke Janssen.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Ted Post's 1973 "MAGNUM FORCE" starring Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook and David Soul.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ST. GEORGE THEATER
A look at Richard Fleischer's 1966 SF epic "FANTASTIC VOYAGE" starring Stephen Boyd, and Raquel Welch.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DOCUMENTARIES
A look at Deborah Anderson's documentary "AROUSED" starring Allie Haze, Misty Stone and Kayden Kross.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A consideration of Arthur Hiller's 1970 romance "LOVE STORY" starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / VIEWS FROM THE SCREENING ROOM
A review of Clint Eastwood's 1985 western "PALE RIDER" starring Eastwood, Richard Dysart and John Russell.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look at Anne Fletcher's 2012 comedy "THE GUILT TRIP" starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogan.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND III
A short revbiew of Steven Spielberg's "1941" starring John Belushi, Warren Oates, Christopher Lee, Toshiro Mifune, and Robert Stack.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A review of Norman Lear's 1971 comedy "COLD TURKEY" starring Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart and Pippa Scott.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Tom Gries' 1975 "BREAKHEART PASS" starring Charles Bronson, Richard Crenna, Ben Johnson and Jill Ireland.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND
A look at Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of "PSYCHO" starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche and Julianne Moore.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS /CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of William Malone's 1999 remake of "HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL" starring Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen and Ali Larter.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look at Kenneth Branagh's "JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT" starring Chris Pine, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner and Keira Knightley.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / HAMMER TIME
A review of Ken Hughes' 1954 film noir "THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE" starring Alex Nicol and Hillary Brooke.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE NATICK DRIVE-IN
look at the John Huston, Val Guest, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Ken Hughes 1967 James Bond spoof "CASINO ROYALE" starring David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Peter Sellers, Wood Allen and Orson Welles.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Alan Metter's 1986 comedy "BACK TO SCHOOL" starring Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman and Robert Downey, Jr.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of James L. Brooks' 1997 comedy "AS GOOD AS IT GETS" starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE QUEENS CHAPEL DRIVE-IN
A look at Franklin J. Schaffner's 1968 "PLANET OF THE APES" starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter and Roddy McDowall.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE ROCKVILLE DRIVE-IN
A review of John Guillermin's "THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN" starring George Segal, Robert Vaughn and Ben Gazzara.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
a review of Gordon Douglas' 1970 cop drama "THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS" starring Sidney Poitier and Martin Landau.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE UPTOWN THEATER
A review of Gary Nelson's 1979 SF film "THE BLACK HOLE" starring Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins and Yvette Mimieux.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE SILVER THEATER
A look at Richard Brooks' 1975 western adventure "BITE THE BULLET" starring Gene Hackman, James Coburn, Candice Bergen and Ben Johnson.
AY POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / MATINEES AT THE BIJOUX
A look at Roger Corman's 1960 black comedy "THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS" starring Jonathan Haze, Mel Welles, Jackie Joseph, Dick Miller and Jack Nicholson.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Gareth Edwards' 2014 "GODZILLA" starring Ken Watanabe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE LANGLEY THEATER
A look at Gene Saks' 1968 film of Neil Simon's "THE ODD COUPLE" starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE ROCKVILLE DRIVE-IN
A review of Kirk Douglas' 1975 western "POSSE" starring Douglas, Bruce Dern and Bo Hopkins.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE SACK CINEMAS
An examination of Just Jaeckin's 1974 "EMMANUELLE" starring Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny and Marika Green.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of James Wong's 2000 horror film "FINAL DESTINATION" starring Tony Todd, Devon Sawa and Ali Larter.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / MATINEES AT THE BIJOUX
A discussion of William A. Wellman's 1947 "Magic Town" starring James Stewart, Jane Wyman and Kent Smith.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Andrew V. McLagen's 1968 World War II drama "THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE" starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson and Vince Edwards.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look at Barry Shear's 1973 revenge western "The Deadly Trackers" starring Richard Harris, Rod Taylor and Al Lettieri.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Elliot Silverstein's 1965 "CAT BALLOU" starring Lee Marvin, Jane Fonda and Michael Callan.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at Paul Wendkos' 1969 adventure "GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN" starring George Kennedy, James Whitmore and Monte Markham.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Joseph Pevney's 1957 "ISTANBUL" starring Errol Flynn and Cornell Borchers.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE LANGLEY THEATER
An analysis of Burt Kennedy's 1973 "THE TRAIN ROBBERS" starring John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Ben Johnson and Rod Taylor.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look at Ted Kotcheff's 1982 "FIRST BLOOD" starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna and Brian Dennehy.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A look at Jonathan Demme's 1979 "LAST EMBRACE" starring Roy Scheider.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE SACK CINEMAS
A review of Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 "THE COTTON CLUB" starring Richard Gere, Gregory Hines and Diane Lane.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look at Michael Anderson's 1976 "LOGAN'S RUN" starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter and Richard Jordan.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS /CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A consideration of Jack Smight's 1974 disaster "AIRPORT 1975" starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black and Dana and Gloria Swanson.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look at Stephen Hopkins' 1998 film of "LOST IN SPACE" starring William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Gary Oldman and Heather Graham.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Roger Michell's 2012 "HYDE PARK ON HUDSON" starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look at Zack Snyder's 2013 reimagining of the Superman legend in the 2013 "MAN OF STEEL" starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Sacha Gervasi's 2012 biopic "HITCHCOCK" starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
An examination of two Bert I. Gordon thrillers, 1957's "THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN" and 1958's "WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST"
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS/ DAYS & NIGHTS AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A review of Michael Findlay's 1968 "A THOUSAND PLEASURES".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE STATE THEATER
A review of William Wyler's 1966 caper comedy "HOW TO STEAL A MILLION" starring Peter O'Toole, Audrey Heprburn, Eli Wallach and Hugh Griffith.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ROTH THEATERS
A review of George C. Scott's 1972 directorial debut "RAGE" starring George C. Scott, Richard Basehart, Martin Sheen and Barnard Hughes.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look at Hal Barwood's 1985 bio-thriller "WARNING SIGN" starring Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan and Yaphet Kotto.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at Guillermo del Toro's 2013 kaiju/mecha hybrid "PACIFIC RIM" starring Idris Elba.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE UPTOWN THEATER
A review of Norman Jewison's 1975 SF drama "ROLLERBALL" starring James Caan, John Houseman and Moses Gunn.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE SILENTS
A review of Roland West's 1926 mystery-comedy "THE BAT" starring Emily Fitzroy and Louise Fazenda.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’s TRAILERS
A look back at J. Lee Thompson's 1969 western "MACKENNA'S GOLD" starring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif and Julie Newmar.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DAYS & NIGHTS AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A review of Mel Welles' 1971 "LADY FRANKENSTEIN" starring Sara Bay, Joseph Cotten and Paul Muller.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE NATICK DRIVE-IN
review of Don Cammell's 1977 "DEMON SEED" starring Julie Christie and Fritz Weaver.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DAYS & NIGHTS AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A review of William Girdler's 1974 Blaxploitation "Exorcist" rip-off "ABBY" starring William Marshall, Carol Speed and Juanita Moore.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / MATINEES AT THE BIJOUX
A review of the 1962 Philip Leacock crime drama "13 WEST STREET" starring Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger and Michael Callan.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A review of Howard Hawks' final film, the 1970 western "RIO LOBO" starring John Wayne, Jennifer O'Neill, Jorge Rivero and Jack Elam.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE SACK CINEMAS
A review of Peter Hyams' 1984 follow-up to "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY", "2010" starring Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow, Keir Dullea and Bob Balaban.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE SACK CINEMAS
A review of Dan O'Bannon's 1985 "THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD" starring James Karen, Clu Gulager and Don Calfa.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND
A review of William A. Wellman's 1954 "THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY" starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Robert Stack, Doe Avdeon, Jan Sterling and Robert Newton.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE LANGLEY THEATER
A review of David Miller's 1973 speculative assassination drama "EXECUTIVE ACTION" starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Will Geer.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Charles Crichton's 1964 "THE THIRD SECRET" starring Stephen Boyd, Diane Cilento and Pamela Franklin.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS ? CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at Guy Hamilton's 1985 thriller "REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS" starring Fred Ward, Joel Grey and Kate Mulgrew.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / REMEMBRANCE OF FILMS FORGOTTEN
A review of Tom O'Horgan's 1969 "FUTZ".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at Nathan Juran's 1957 "THE DEADLY MANTIS" starring Craig Stevens and William Hopper.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A review of Ralph Bakshi's 1972 "FRITZ THE CAT".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ROTH THEATERS
A review of Sid Levin and Robert Abel's "LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL" starring Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard and Fats Domino.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at Desmond Davis' 1967 "SMASHING TIME" starring Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ASPEN HILL CINEMA
A review of Jerry Schatzberg's debut feature "PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD" starring Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus and Viveca Lindfors.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / SHOPPERS WORLD CINEMA
A review of Steven Spielberg's 1977 "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND" starring Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut and Melinda Dillon.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A review of Don Taylor's 1980 "THE FINAL COUNTDOWN" starring Kirk Douglas, James Farentino, Martin Sheen and Ron O'Neal.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CONCESSION STAND II
A review of Kirby Dick's 2006 documentary "THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CONCESSION STAND II
A review of Tomas Alfredson's 2011 "TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY" starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt and Benedict Cumberbatch.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CONCESSION STAND III
A brief look at Nacho Cerda's despicable 1994 short film "AFTERMATH".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CONCESSION STAND III
A review of J.J. Abrams' 2009 "STAR TREK" starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Bruce Greenwood.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CONCESSION STAND III
A review of Sean Ellis' 2006 comedy "CASHBACK" starring Sean Biggerstaff and Emilia Fox.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS ART HOUSE CINEMA
A review of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi's 1966 documentary "AFRICA, ADDIO".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of Ralph Brooke's 1961 "BLOODLUST!" starring Wilton Graff and Robert Reed.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of Eugene Lourie's 1953 "THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS" starring Paul Christian, Paula Raymond and Cecil Kellaway.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A brief look as Christian Marquand's 1968 film adaptation of "CANDY" starring Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, Ringo Starr, James Coburn and John Astin.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of Robert Guest's 1972 "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" starring Vincent Price and Robert Quarry.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A look at Roger Vadim's 1968 "BARBARELLA" starring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, David Hemmings and Milo O'Shea.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A look at William J. Hole Jr's 1962 "THE DEVIL'S HAND" starring Robert Alda, Linda Christian, Neil Hamilton and Ariadne Welter.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of William Cameron Menzies' 1953 "INVADERS FROM MARS" starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter and Arthur Franz.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of John Milius' 1973 gangster epic "DILLINGER" starring Warren Oates, Ben Johnson and Harry Dean Stanton.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of Val Guest's 1971 "WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH" starring Victoria Vetri.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CONCESSION STAND II
A review of Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's "REC" starring Manuela Velasco
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ST. GEORGE THEATER
A review of Kurt Neumann's 1958 "THE FLY" starring David Hedison, Patricia Owens and Vincent Price.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND III
A review of Basil Dearden's 1966 "KHARTOUM" starring Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CONCESSION STAND III
A look back at Jack Arnold's 1954 "CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON" starring Richard Carlson, Richard Denning, Julia Adams, Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND II
A review of Gene Saks' 1967 film of Neil Simon's "BAREFOOT IN THE PARK" starring Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Mildred Natwick, Charles Boyer and Herb Edelman.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND
A review of George Romero's seminal 1968 horror film "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD" starring Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea and Karl Hardiman.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE
A review of the 1974 Jack Haley, Jr. compilation film "THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT" featuring Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra and James Stewart.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at Roger Corman's 1967 gangster epic "THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE" starring Jason Robards, Ralph Meeker, George Segal, Bruce Dern, Jean Hale and John Agar.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ST. GEORGE THEATER
A review of William A. Wellman's 1955 adventure "BLOOD ALLEY" starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE STATE THEATER
A review of Bonnie Sherr Klein's 1981 documentary "NOT A LOVE STORY: A FILM ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A look back at C.M. Pennington-Richards' 1967 "A CHALLENGE FOR ROBIN HOOD" starring Barrie Ingham, Gay Hamilton and Peter Blythe.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at Mike Nichols' 1980 concert film "GILDA LIVE" starring Gilda Radner.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of Nathan Hertz' 1957 "THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS" starring John Agar and Joyce Meadows.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at Tim Burton's 2007 musical film "SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET" starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CINEMA ITALIANO
A look at Elio Petri's 1965 "LA DECIMA VITTIMA" ("THE 10TH VICTIM") starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress and Elsa Martinelli.
ON POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE ROCKVILLE DRIVE-IN
A review of Peter Bogdanovich's 1968 film "TARGETS" starring Boris Karloff and Tim O'Kelly.
ON POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / REMEMBRANCE OF FILMS FORGOTTEN
A look back at the 1954 film "NEW FACES" starring Eartha Kitt, Alice Ghostley, Ronny Graham, Robert Clary and Paul Lynde.
ON POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A review of Ted Post's 1968 western HANG 'EM HIGH" starring Clint Eastwood, Pat Hingle, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Bruce Dern and Ben Johnson.
ON POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DAY & NIGHTS AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A peek at the 1961 Raymon Phelan/Doris Wishman film "NUDE ON THE MOON" starring Marietta.
ON POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / SEXUAL POLITICS IN THE CINEMA
A look back at Russ Meyer's 1959 "THE IMMORAL MR. TEAS".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / MATINEES AT THE FRANKLIN CINEMA
A review of Terence Fisher's 1964 horror film "THE GORGON" starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Barbara Shelley and Richard Pasco.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of the 1957 horror film "I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF" starring Michael Landon.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE NATICK DRIVE-IN
A review of Byron Haskin's 1954 "THE NAKED JUNGLE" starring Eleanor Parker and Charlton Heston.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHT AT THE ROTH THEATERS
A review of Woody Allen's 1972 comedy "EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS /SEXUAL POLITICS IN THE CINEMA
A review of Sharon McKnight's 1976 film "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FLEA" starring Jean Jennings, Paul Thomas and Annette Haven.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE UPTOWN THEATER
A look back at John Sturges' 1968 film of Alistair MacLean's "ICE STATION ZEBRA" starring Rock Hudson, PatrickMcGoohan, Ernest Borgnine and Jim Browm.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE SILENTS
A review of Jean Renoir's film of Jans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl", "LA PETITE MARCHANDE D'ALLUMETTES" starring Catherine Hessling.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE LANGLEY THEATER
A review of John Guillerman's all-star deathtrap "THE TOWERING INFERNO" starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway and William Holden.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE SACK CINEMAS
A brief look back at Ralph Bakshi's 1977 animated fantasy "WIZARDS".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE
A look back at Tod Browning's 1932 "FREAKS" starring Wallace Ford and Olga Baclanova.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE UPTOWN THEATER
A review of Mark Robson's 1974 disaster film "EARTHQUAKE" starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and George Kennedy.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CONCESSION STAND 2
A review of Tim Burton's SF satire "MARS ATTACKS!" starring Jack Nicholson, Rod Steiger, Martin Short, Jim Brown and Lisa Marie.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / SHORT FILMS: THE OTHER CINEMA
A review of Stanley Kubrick's inaugural cinema offering, the 1951 short subject "DAY OF THE FIGHT".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE SACK CINEMAS
A review of John Badham's 1979 "DRACULA" starring Frank Langella, Kate Nelligan and Laurence Olivier.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DAYS AND NIGHTS AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A look at William Rostler's 1971 crime drama "THE GODSON" starring Jason Yukon, Lois Mitchell and Uschi Digard
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ROTH THEATERS
A review of Norman Jewison's 1973 "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR" starring Carl Anderson, Ted Neeley and Yvonne Elliman.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE SHOPPER’S WORLD CINEMA
A review of Sydney Pollack's distinctive 1975 spy thriller "THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR" starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson and Max von Sydow.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / ALL AGES ADMITTED
A review of Chris Sanders and Kirk DiMicco's 2013 animated feature "THE CROODS" featuring the voices of Nicholas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DAYS AND NIGHTS AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A look back at Dennis Donnelly's 1978 "THE TOOLBOX MURDERS" starring Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, and Marianne Walter.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A look at Alfonso Cuaron's 2013 outer space thriller "GRAVITY" starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE SACK CINEMAS
A review of Sidney Lumet's 1974 film of Agatha Christie's "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Wendy Hiller, Ingrid Bergman and Richard Widmark.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / SEXUAL POLITICS IN THE CINEMA
A look at the 2005 Fenton Bailey-Randy Barbato documentary "INSIDE DEEP THROAT".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A review of Henry Hathaway's 1969 "TRUE GRIT" starring John Wayne, Kim Darby and Glen Campbell.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE SACK CINEMAS
A review of Arthur Penn's 1976 western "THE MISSOURI BREAKS" starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at John Huston's 1973 "THE MACKINTOSH MAN" starring Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda and James Mason.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINS / NITES AT THE BELLINGHAM DRIVE-IN
A review of Roger Corman's trio of stories by Edgar Allan Poe, 1962's "TALES OF TERROR" starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Joyce Jameson and Basil Rathbone.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A look at Joseph Losey's final film, 1985's "STEAMING" starring Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles and in her final screen appearance Diana Dors.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND III
A review of Sam Raimi's 1995 ode to the spaghetti western, "THE QUICK AND THE DEAD", starring Sharon Stone, Russell Crowe, Gene Hackman and Leonardo DiCaprio.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / GIALLO
A look at Armando Crispino's 1975 giallo "MACCHIE SOLARI" starring Mimsy Farmer and Barry Primus.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A look at Elliot Gould, Candice Bergen and Jeff Corey in Richard Rush's 1970 "GETTING STRAIGHT".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A review of Michael Lindsay-Hogg's 1970 documentary "LET IT BE" starring The Beatles.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / SHORT FILMS
A look at Hilton Edwards' 1953 ghost story "RETURN TO GLENNASCAUL" starring Orson Welles and Michael Laurence.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ASPEN HILL CINEMA
A review of Michael Armstrong's 1970 blood and gore fest "MARK OF THE DEVIL" starring Herbert Lom and Udo Kier.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ROTH THEATERS
A look at Hal Ashby's 1973 film "THE LAST DETAIL" starring Jack Nicholson, Otis Young and Randy Quaid.and
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / ART HOUSE CINEMA
A review of Jack Cardiff's 1968 "THE GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE" starring Marianne Faithfull and Alain Delon.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE BELLINGHAM DRIVE-IN
A review of Eugene Lourie's 1961 "GORGO" starring Bill Travers and William Sylvester.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ROTH THEATERS
A review of the 1973 comedy "SLEEPER" starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A review of Tom Hooper's 2012 musical film "LES MISERABLES" starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A review of Seth MacFarlane's 2012 comedy "TED" starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND
A review of Woody Allen's 1992 "SHADOWS AND FOG" starring Allen and Mia Farrow.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / SHORT FILMS
A brief look at Marv Newland's equally brief 1969 film "BAMBI MEETS GODZILLA".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / SEXUAL POLITICS IN THE CINEMA
A look at Steven Soderbergh's 2009 "THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE" starring Sasha Grey and Chris Santos.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE ROCKVILLE DRIVE-IN
A review of Marvin J. Chomsky's 1971 "EVEL KNIEVEL" starring George Hamilton and Sue Lyon.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / SHORT FILMS
A look at the 1953 U.P.A. animated short based on the classic Edgar Allan Poe story, "THE TELL-TALE HEART", narrated by James Mason.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ST. GEORGE THEATER
A review of Otto Preminger's 1955 "THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM" starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker and Kin Novak.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ST. GEORGE THEATER
A look back at Mark Robson's exciting World War II drama "VON RYAN'S EXPRESS" starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND III
A review of Robert Schwentke's 2010 comic thriller "RED" starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and Brian Cox.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A brief look at Wolfgang Petersen's 1995 thriller "OUTBREAK" starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE SILENTS
A look at two of the earliest fillms inspired by the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe, two 1909 shorts by D.W. Griffith, "EDGAR ALLEN POE" and "THE SEALED ROOM".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKING / MATINEES AT THE BIJOUX
A look back for Ed Wood's 1954 crime drama "JAIL BAIT" starring Dolores Fuller, Clancy Malone and Steve Reeves.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE HOLLYWOOD BOOKSHELF
A review of the illustrated children's book with a silent cinema backdrop, "SILENT DREAMS" by Dandi Daley Mackall, illustrated by Karen A. Jerome.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE SHOPPERS WORLD CINEMA
A look back at Jack Smight's 1977 doomsday not-so-thriller "DAMNATION ALLEY" starring George Peppard, Jan-Michael Vincent, Dominique Sanda & Paul Winfield.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND III
A review of the Coen Brothers 2010 remake of "TRUE GRIT" starring Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DVD WATCH
A review of the 4 film DVD set TCM GREATEST CLASSIC FILMS COLLECTION: SCI-FI ADVENTURES featuring "THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS", "THEM!", "SATELLITE IN THE SKY" and "WORLD WITHOUT END".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DVD WATCH
A review of the double billed DVD featuring the 1953 Vincent Price chiller "HOUSE OF WAX" and the original 1933 version "MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM starring Fay Wray.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DVD WATCH
A review of the RAY HARRYHAUSEN GIFT SET DVD collection featuring four of the special effects wizard's efforts from the 1950's.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND II
A review of the 1981 Georges Lautner spy thriller "LE PROFESSIONEL" starring Jean-Paul Belmondo.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / GIALLO
A look at Luciano Ercoli's 1970 giallo "LE FOTO PROIBITE DI UNA SIGNORA PER BENE" starring Dagmar Lassander.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE ROCKVILLE DRIVE-IN
A review of Tom Gries' 1969 western adventure "100 RIFLES" starring Jim Brown, Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE BELLINGHAM DRIVE-IN
A review of Arnold Laven's 1957 mutant monster-on-the-loose thriller "THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD" starring Tim Holt and Audrey Dalton.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE NATICK DRIVE-IN
A look back at Darryl F. Zanuck's 1962 D-Day epic "THE LONGEST DAY" starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Richard Todd, Jeffrey Hunter, Red Buttons and Richard Burton.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CHANDLER’S TRAILERS
A short peek at Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 experiment in 3-D "DIAL M FOR MURDER" starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE SILENTS
A review of Robert Wiene's 1920 "DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI" starring Werner Krauss. Conrad Veidt and Lil Dagover.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE SILENTS
A Review of the 1925 Rupert Julian film "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" starring Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DAYS AND NIGHT AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A look back at Jack Hill's rather silly 1975 girl gang drama "THE SWITCHBLADE SISTERS" starring Robbie Lee and Monica Gayle.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A look back at the original rat pack: Daniel Mann's 1971 "WILLARD" starring Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE HOLLYWOOD BOOKSHELF
A review of the Ed Wood authored how-to-succeed-in-Hollywood book "HOLLYWOOD RAT RACE".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE QUEENS CHAPEL DRIVE-IN
A review of Hikmet Avedis' 1974 exploitation opus "THE TEACHER" starring Angel Tompkins, Jay North and Anthony James.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ST. GEORGE THEATER
A look at John Sturges' 1967 revisionist western "HOUR OF THE GUN" starring James Garner, Jason Robards and Robert Ryan.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A look back at Kurt Neumann's 1957 SF epic "KRONOS" starring Jeff Morrow and Barbara Lawrence.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE QUEENS CHAPEL DRIVE-IN
A review of Roy Ward Baker's 1973 horror anthology "THE VAULT OF HORROR" starring Terry-Thomas and Daniel Massey.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE QUEENS CHAPEL DRIVE-IN
A look at Freddie Francis' 1972 adaptation of 1950's horror comics "TALES FROM THE CRYPT" starring Peter Cushing and Joan Collins.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE QUEENS CHAPEL DRIVE-IN
A review of John Wayne's controversial 1968 Vietnam War film "THE GREEN BERETS".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / ART HOUSE CINEMA
A look at Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 "ALPHAVILLE" starring Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE SILENTS
A look at Raoul Walsh's 1928 "SADIE THOMPSON" starring Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore and Walsh.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A review of Jeff Nichols' 2013 rural coming-of-age drama "MUD" starring Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan and Sam Shepard.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE ROCKVILLE DRIVE-IN
A look back at Joesph Sargent's 1970 SF thriller "COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT" starring Eric Braeden and Susan Clark.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE NATICK DRIVE-IN
A look at Joseph M. Newman's 1955 Technicolor SF epic "THIS ISLAND EARTH" starring Rex Reason, Faith Domergue and Jeff Morrow.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A review of Derek Cianfrance's "THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES" starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A review of John Madden's 2011 thriller "THE DEBT" starring Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain and Tom Wilkinson.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A review of Paul Morrissey's sexually charged 1973 3-D horror film "ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN" starring Udo Kier and Joe Dallesandro.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NIGHTS AT THE ST. GEORGE THEATER
A nurse, a Frenchman and an island named Bali Ha'i. A review of Joshua Logan's 1958 film of Rogers & Hammerstein's "SOUTH PACIFIC" starring Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr and Ray Walston.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A review of Simon Curtis' 2011 "MY WEEK WITH MARILYN" starring Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE SILENTS
A review of Wallace Worsley's 1921 "THE ACE OF HEARTS" starring Lon Chaney.
AT POSTS AND RECENT ThINKINGS / NITES AT THE SHOPPER’S WORLD CINEMA
A review of Tobe Hooper's vampire/zombie cum alien invasion epic "LIFEFORCE".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / SEXUAL POLITICS IN THE CINEMA
A look back at Gerard Damiano's 1974 "THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES" starring Georgina Spelvin.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / HAMMER TIME
A review of Terence Fisher's 1952 not-really-a film-noir "STOLEN FACE" starring Paul Henreid and Lizabeth Scott.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE ROCKVILLE DRIVE-IN
A review of Joseph L. Mankiewicz' 1970 "THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN..." starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE SILENTS
A look at Cecil B. DeMille's 1915 "THE CHEAT" starring Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A review of Ben Affleck's 2012 thriller "ARGO" starring Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman and Alan Arkin.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS/ DAYS & NIGHTS AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A brief tryst with David F. Friedman's 1966 production of "THE NOTORIOUS DAUGHTER OF FANNY HILL".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND
A review of Peter Yates' 1968 "BULLITT" starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DAYS & NIGHTS AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A consideration of Hershell Gordon Lewis' notorious 1963 "BLOOD FEAST".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A look back at Paul Bogart's 1970 "HALLS OF ANGER" starring Calvin Lockhart and Janet MacLachlan.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / CONCESSION STAND III
A review of Michael Winner's 1974 love letter to vigilantism "DEATH WISH" starring Charles Bronson.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / DAYS & NIGHTS AT THE GRINDHOUSE
A look back at Ken Shapiro's 1974 television parody "THE GROOVE TUBE".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE NATICK DRIVE-IN
A review of James Fargo's 1976 "THE ENFORCER" starring Clint Eastwood and Tyne Daly.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.'s 1958 "THE BLOB" starring Steven McQueen.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NOW PLAYING AT THE MERCADO CINEMA
A review of William Wyler's 1968 musical "FUNNY GIRL" with Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS/ NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A look back at Robert Gaffney's 1965 "FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER". Enough said.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND II
A consideration of Andre Orrendal's whimsical and spooky 2010 Norwegian mockumentary "TROLLHUNTER".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE DRIVE-IN CINEMA
A review of Joseph Green's 1962 horror film "THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE QUEEN’S CHAPEL DRIVE-IN
A look at Lee Van Cleef and Jim Brown in John Guillerman's 1970 western "EL CONDOR".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / THE CONCESSION STAND
A review of Robert Wise's 1975 "THE HINDENBURG" starring George C. Scott, Anne Bancrift and Roy Thinnes.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS / NITES AT THE NATICK DRIVE-IN
A review of the 1966 Raquel Welch dinosaur blockbuster "ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS
A review of Ernest B, Schoedsack's 1940 Technicolor thriller "DR. CYCLOPS".
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS/ NITES AT THE BELLINGHAM DRIVE-IN
A look at the 1970 SF drama "THE MIND OF MR. SOAMES" starring Terence Stamp. Robert Vaughn and Nigel Davenport.
AT POSTS AND RECENT THINKINGS/ ART HOUSE CINEMA
A review of Bo Widerberg's 1967 "ELVIRA MADIGAN".
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Jindrich Polak's influential 1963 Czech SF epic "IKARIE XB-1".
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The 1963 Joseph L. Mankiewicz superproduction "CLEOPATRA" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton.
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The Eyes Have It: Classic Film Images Photo Quiz, April 2015 Edition, Vol. 20/20
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Playing Cop: “They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!” (1970)
“They Call Me Mister Tibbs!” is an entirely inconsequential follow-up to the excellent 1967 Norman Jewison crime drama “In the Heat of the Night”, retaining only the title character (the title itself is a direct lift of … Continue reading
I Been Naughty But in a Nice Way: Cinematic Santa Wish List for 2014
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Chandler’s Trailers: “The Deadly Trackers” (1973)
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Revenge Wears Sneakers: “Rage” (1972)
The most interesting aspect of George C. Scott’s directorial film debut “Rage” is its placidity of tone, especially considering the coiled ferocity of its star and the potentially explosive subject matter. The film’s depiction of an accidental release of … Continue reading
New 2014 Fall Film Course Offerings
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In the Shadows of Good and Evil: “13 West Street” (1962)
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See No Evil: “This Film is Not Yet Rated” (2006)
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Darkest Heart: “Africa, Addio!” (1966)
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Piece of Mind: “The Brain From Planet Arous” (1957)
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The 2013 Annual Critical Establishment Readers Survey
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Running on Empty: “The Place Beyond the Pines” (2013)
When a film is lauded first and foremost for the intent of its ambition it’s a pretty clear indication that something has gone seriously amiss, as if the director should collect brownie points for what he (or she) hoped … Continue reading
Memory Ploys: “The Debt” (2011)
The end of the Cold War has been a terrible burden on filmmakers, removing the historically aggravating catalyst of Hollywood’s paranoid conspirators, the Communists (ignoring the fact that practically a quarter of the world’s population is controlled by Red … Continue reading
Love Intestinal-Style: “Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein” (1974)
Filmed immediately prior to “Andy Warhol’s Dracula”, more popularly known as “Blood For Dracula”, Paul Morrissey’s “Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein”, filmed under and later re-released under the title “Flesh For Frankenstein” after initial U.S. engagements which capitalized on the fame … Continue reading
The Colour Out of Place: “South Pacific” (1958)
The 1958 Joshua Logan film of “South Pacific” is a perfect demonstration of the value of the movie soundtrack album as a preferable experience over a film. In the former, there is much pleasure to be gained aurally … Continue reading
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