Movies, and my thoughts on them.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of the greatest film directors the world has ever known. He directed his first feature at 24, and by the time of his death at 37 he had directed over …
In a surprising new trend, I've been seeing a lot of really great movies at the local mainstream movie theater. By a lot I mean I really liked No Country for Old Men, and after …
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 …
So, I watched the usual random assortment of movies over my Christmas break. Looking back, I realized that 8 of them naturally fell into pairs, both thematically and in that one was an old standard …
I don't like serial killers. I should be more specific I suppose, I'm sure plenty of serial killers are great people, what I mean is I don't like reading books, watching movies or otherwise looking …
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 …
This series of "my favorite movies in the whole world" is going to get increasingly silly as no one can really say what their 34th favorite movie of all time is, but since we're only …
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 …
I pretty much loath the idea of being forced to sit through a bad movie. I know a lot of people think it is great fun to have bad movie nights and laugh at the …
I should point out (in reference to the picture for this post) that there is not typically a lot of nudity/sex (there is some, just not a lot) in Rohmer films. So, while that image might not sum up …