If Hollywood films are all merely bits of magical mythmaking, then the musicals of the 1930s are their apotheosis. In a world of romantic comedies and westerns, it is not to much of a reach …
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My Favorite Movies
In-depth reviews of my favorite movies of all time.
My Favorite Movies 30 – Hackers (Iain Softley, 1995)
June 11, 2012
The A.V. Club, as part of its "New Cult Canon" series, recently published a piece on Hackers. While it correctly pointed to the impossible allure of a young Angelina Jolie's face, I felt that it largely failed to …
Occasionally an actor will turn in a performance so powerful, that it completely permeates every square inch of the film it is a part of. Usually, as is the case with a film like Last …
My Favorite Movies 28 – Ordet (Carl Dreyer, 1955)
April 9, 2012
I've been having a hard time keeping these posts spoiler free lately, however, this post is a particularly grievous offender. Because I will be discussing a film, that, perhaps more than any other, one can only …
My Favorite Movies 27 – Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959)
March 12, 2012
Warning, minor spoilers ahoy in today's review. Of course, if you have looked at the header image you're already halfway there, so you may as well keep reading. If claiming to love one director marks one's …
My Favorite Movies 26 – The Adventures of Robin Hood (William Keighley and Michael Curtiz, 1938)
February 13, 2012
I'd guess the average amount of times I've viewed the films that make it into a My Favorite movies feature is probably around ten. Along with Dazed and Confused, The Adventures of Robin Hood is …
My Favorite Movies 25 – Thunderball (Terence Young, 1965)
January 10, 2012
Everyone has their thoughts on who the best Bonds were. Some, inexplicably, like Pierce "coffee breath" Brosnan best. Others think the new guy has something more to him than washboard abs and the permanent expression …
My Favorite Movies 24 – The Pawn Shop (Charlie Chaplin, 1916)
December 12, 2011
Among the inner circles of my film graduate school, I am known for a few things: A almost fanatical devotion to Howard Hawks. An incomprehensible love of romantic comedies. The assertion that Chaplin's much vaunted pathos is …
My Favorite Movies 23 – Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955)
November 14, 2011
Far be it from me, a guy who has an unnatural love of romantic comedies, to try to tell you what MEN like in their movies, but that's just what I'm going to do today. …
My Favorite Movies 22 – The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935)
October 10, 2011
Nobody loves Hitchcock as much as pretentious film snobs. I'm a year and a half into graduate school in film and media studies, and you would not believe the amount of Hitchcock bullshit that gets …