It's a common misconception to think of all silent films as primitive, sped-up affairs with histrionic acting and a lot of makeup. Now, not that there's anything wrong with the primitive sped-up silent films with …
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My Favorite Movies
In-depth reviews of my favorite movies of all time.
My Favorite Movies 13 – Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
January 10, 2011
So, even though I'm in film school now and people are making me write about movies, I still like writing about movies in my free time. Thus, I'm switching from the monthly "Internet Meme Monday" feature …
My Favorite Movies 12 – Chloe in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer, 1972)
January 12, 2010
There are many directors I admire greatly, but none as much as Eric Rohmer. With his death yesterday morning, cinema lost a true master whose unique voice has never been (and most likely will never be) …
It is astonishing how different Werner Herzog's Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night is from Murnau's classic silent horror film considering it is an almost scene for scene remake. To be sure, both versions share the fixation with the natural …
Silent films get a bad rap. Even among film snobs there is the attitude that “yes, they are important, but come on…wouldn’t you rather watch something a bit more polished?” However, while the acting is …
My Favorite Movies 9 – It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
December 16, 2008
I wasn't sure whether to write a "My Favorite Christmas Movies" post, a "My Favorite Christmas Movie" post or just a "Christmas Movies" post. Finally I realized that I really just wanted to write about It's …
My Favorite Movies 8 – Excalibur (John Boorman, 1981)
January 27, 2008
Every time I revisit John Boorman's Excalibur I enjoy it a bit more. And since I thought it was pretty awesome to begin with, I can't think of a better indicator that I should probably …
My Favorite Movies 7 – Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970)
November 27, 2007
Five Easy Pieces is a movie about alienation. Of course that is an awfully broad subject, and one that is perennially in fashion for artsy fartsy film directors. What distinguishes Five Easy Pieces from the …
My Favorite Movies 6 – Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
October 15, 2007
So there it is, Saturday night, and I'm sitting at home with a Breckenridge double IPA watching a movie (instead of "clubbin" like usual). John Wayne and Dean Martin have just seen the man who …
My Favorite Movies 5 — The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937)
April 20, 2007
Screwball comedies were a popular film genre from the 30's and 40's. The name "screwball comedy" is a pretty apt descriptor, the situations the leads found themselves in were most often quite "screwy" "wacky" "zany" …