Then Playing —Nickelodeon; Sunday in New York; Blue Beetle
Reviews of films directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Tewksbury, and Ángel Manuel Soto. Continue reading Then Playing —Nickelodeon; Sunday in New York; Blue Beetle
Category: Film
Outside Reading — The Pictures Got Small edition
This week featuring articles by Daniel Bessner and Bob Mehr. Continue reading Outside Reading — The Pictures Got Small edition
Then Playing — Experiment Perilous; Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid; 9 to 5
Reviews of films directed by Jacques Tourneur, Carl Reiner, and Colin Higgins. Continue reading Then Playing — Experiment Perilous; Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid; 9 to 5
Trivia Answer of the Day — Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food
“In a movie with two young girls who find a mermaid and befriend her, the mermaid eats ice cream in a bathtub. What is the brand and variety of ice cream that she eats?” Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food
Trivia Answer of the Day — Cool Hand Luke
“What is the title of the film that was promoted with the ad line ‘The man and the motion picture that simply do not conform’?” Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Cool Hand Luke
Then Playing — Judy Blume Forever; The Informer; The Color Purple
Reviews of films directed by John Ford, Blitz Bazawule, and the team of Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, Continue reading Then Playing — Judy Blume Forever; The Informer; The Color Purple
Then Playing — Nightfall; Rock ‘n’ Roll High School; The Long Good Friday
Nightfall (Jacques Tourneur, 1956). Peered at through the binoculars of modern retrospection, it’s nearly impossible to look at this nineteen-fifties film noir and not see Fargo in one of the lenses. The Coen brothers classic shared a lot of DNA … Continue reading Then Playing — Nightfall; Rock ‘n’ Roll High School; The Long Good Friday
Then Playing — Ishtar; The Children Act; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Reviews of the comedy that ended Elaine May’s directing career, a weak drama with a fine Emma Thompson performance, and a documentary about Linda Ronstadt. Continue reading Then Playing — Ishtar; The Children Act; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Then Playing — Saltburn; A New Leaf; Kaleidoscope
Reviews of films directed by Emerald Fennell, Elaine May, and Jack Smight. Continue reading Then Playing — Saltburn; A New Leaf; Kaleidoscope
Outside Reading — Universal Truths edition
Featuring: Brooke Barnes on a modern movie mogul and Frankie de la Cretaz on rise of women’s sports bars. Continue reading Outside Reading — Universal Truths edition
