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My answers to "PROFESSOR RUSSELL JOHNSON'S 'MY ANCESTORS CAME OVER ON THE MINNOW' THANKSGIVING/CHRISTMAS MOVIE QUIZ"
Once again, it's quiz time, as found over at "Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule". Here are my answers with some illustrations. 1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie. The Big Lebowski has grown on me, though I didn't like it that much when I first saw it. First for me is O Brother, ...
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SDFF 2009 - Three more films
Applause/Applaus Martin Zandvliet - 2009 Nordisk Film 35mm film Applause is primarily a showcase for actress Paprika Steen. The story of an actress names Thea, the film alternates between her life on stage and off. An alcoholic divorcee, Thea is struggling with sobriety, and proving ...
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"Tora-San" Collector's Set Volume 1
Tora-San, Our Lovable Tramp/Otoko Wa Tsurai Yo Yoji Yamada - 1969 Tora-San's Cherished Mother/Zoku Otoku Wa Tsurai Yo Yoji Yamada - 1969 Tora-San, His Tender Love/Otoku Wa Tsurai Yo: Futen No Tora Azuma Morisaki - 1970 Tora-San's Grand Scheme/Shin Otoku Wa Tsurai Yo ...
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Coffee Break
Myrna Loy and Una Merkel in Evelyn Prentice (William K. Howard - 1934)
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SDFF 2009 - Visionaries: Jonas Mekas And The (Mostly) American Avant-Garde Cinema
The Charles Theater, 193 Avenue B, NYC. Chuck Workman - 2009 Calliope Films For some viewers, Visionaries might serve as an introduction to the film that has been labeled underground, avant-garde, and briefly, New American Cinema. For myself, the film was a kind of trip down memory ...
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SDFF 2009 - St. Nick
David Lowery - 2009 Road Dog Productions Disclosure alert: While I have not personally met David Lowery, his blog, "Drifting" is on my blogroll. We have exchanged a couple of online notes in the past. Thinking back on St. Nick , I have to reflect on how talented this Texas based ...
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SDFF 2009 - Vincere
Marco Bellocchio - 2009 IFC Films 35mm film Vincere is chock full of breathtaking images. We see Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) climb the iron bars inside the asylum where she is confined, high above the floor, looking ahead at the large flakes of snow falling outside. Much of Marco ...
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SDFF 2009 - Fish Eyes
Yu Yan Zhang Wei - 2009 Benten Films 35mm film There is a scene in Fish Eyes when most of the action is seen as the reflection on a mirror. The mirror, the full-length kind usually found in bathrooms, is precariously propped outside a building. A trio of motorbike riders, each with a ...
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SDFF 2009- Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Damien Chazelle - 2009 If John Cassavetes directed an MGM musical produced by Arthur Freed, it might look something like Guy and Madeline . I am referring to the earlier Cassavetes, of Shadows and Faces , with the hand held 16mm camera that restlessly follow the characters in the street ...
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SDFF 2009 - Irene
Alain Cavalier - 2009 Pyramide International 35mm film Alain Cavalier remains a relatively unknown filmmaker for many of us following French cinema stateside. Reviewing his filmography, I realized that I had only seen two of his previous films. Le combat dans l'ile recently played at ...
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SDFF 2009 - Two videos by Ernie Gehr
Glider Ernie Gehr - 2001 Waterfront Follies Ernie Gehr - 2008 This was my first time attending the part of the the Starz Denver Film Festival that was devoted to awarding the "Stan Brakhage Vision Award". A little history here - Brakhage was a periodic part of the festival, ...
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SDFF 2009 - Convention
A.J. Schnack - 2009 Bonfire Films of America At the time of the Democratic Convention last year, I lived about a mile from the Pepsi Center where most of the activity took place. The convention did not affect my life too much as my job was south of Denver. There was one night when I saw ...
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SDFF 2009- My Dear Enemy
Meotjin haru Lee Yoon-ki - 2008 Cine-Asie 35mm Film The beginning of My Dear Enemy is an extended traveling shot, what appeared to be one continuous take. The camera follows a couple discussing possibly investing in real estate, only to be diverted by a group of men debating where to ...
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SDFF 2009- Black Box
Caja Negra Ariel Gordon - 2009 Cinema Maquina One indication that Ariel Gordon got things right in Black Box is when people walk out due to the intensity of a scene. In this case, the main character, a professional assassin, is holding a gun near the head of a potential victim, a man ...
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SDFF 2009- Eccentricities of a Blond Haired Girl
Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura Manoel de Oliveira - 2009 Pyramide International It is amazing to realize that Manoel de Oliveira is 100 years old and is still making movies. His newest is a short feature, barely more than an hour in length, adapted from a short story by the ...
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SDFF 2009- Son of the Sunshine
Ryan Ward - 2009 Heart Shaped Movies There is one scene in Son of the Sunshine that works for me. Sonny, recently out following surgery to cure his Tourette's Syndrome, goes out on an impromptu date with Arielle. We see the couple exiting the theater, with Arielle yelling about how ...
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SDFF 2009- Film is a Girl & a Gun
Film Ist. A girl & a Gun Gustav Deutsch - 2009 Six Pack Films For the next week and a half, I will be covering some of the films at the Starz Denver Film Festival, also known as the SDFF. My coverage will not always correspond with when the films are shown but based on when I've seen ...
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Battle of the Bulge
Ken Annakin - 1965 Warner Brothers Region 1 DVD While Battle of the Bulge is the type of film that may be obvious for a Veteran's Day posting, it might not be the first choice for remembering Robert Ryan on what would have been his 100th birthday. Ryan, third billed, after Henry Fonda ...
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Coffee Break
Nuri Bilge Ceylan in Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 2006)
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5 Against the House
5 Against the House
coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee.com — A conventional reading of the title would be of "the house" being the casino that the five... are attempting to rob. After watching the film, my feeling is that the house could well be the world at large, or at least the social conventions or ... 5 Against the House
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