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Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of August 2014, in alphabetical order | Simon's Film-Related Rants and Musings
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Simon’s Film-Related Rants and Musings. The List: 100 Favorite Films. Complete viewing log (with links to reviews). List of reviews, alphabetical. List of reviews by director. Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of August 2014, in alphabetical order. Posted September 1, 2014. Cabaret (Fosse, 1972). Guardians of the Galaxy (Gunn, 2014). Kick-Ass 2 (Wadlow, 2013). Mother (Bong, 2009). Ruggles of Red Gap (McCarey, 1935). Laquo; Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of July 2014, in alphabetical order. Five Gr...
Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of February 2015, in alphabetical order | Simon's Film-Related Rants and Musings
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Simon’s Film-Related Rants and Musings. The List: 100 Favorite Films. Complete viewing log (with links to reviews). List of reviews, alphabetical. List of reviews by director. Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of February 2015, in alphabetical order. Posted March 1, 2015. Billy Budd (Ustinov, 1962). Crime and Punishment (von Sternberg, 1935). The Face of Another (Teshigahara, 1966). Nightcrawler (Gilroy, 2014). The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Demy, 1964). Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
Alphabet Challenge, 2015 | Simon's Film-Related Rants and Musings
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Simon’s Film-Related Rants and Musings. The List: 100 Favorite Films. Complete viewing log (with links to reviews). List of reviews, alphabetical. List of reviews by director. Alphabet Challenge, 2015. Posted January 8, 2015. 5/9/15 – Avengers: Age of Ultron (Joss Whedon, 2015): 7/10. 11/6/15 – Angst (Gerald Kargl, 1983): 8/10. 1/18/15 – Birdman of Alcatraz (John Frankenheimer, 1962): 8/10. 1/31/15 – Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014): 8/10. 2/14/15 – Billy Budd (Peter Ustinov, 1962): 7.5/10. 3/5/15 ̵...
Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of January 2015, in alphabetical order | Simon's Film-Related Rants and Musings
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Simon’s Film-Related Rants and Musings. The List: 100 Favorite Films. Complete viewing log (with links to reviews). List of reviews, alphabetical. List of reviews by director. Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of January 2015, in alphabetical order. Posted February 1, 2015. Boyhood (Linklater, 2014). Inherent Vice (Anderson, 2014). Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (von Trier, 2013). Only Lovers Left Alive (Jarmusch, 2013). Targets (Bogdanovich, 1968). Hon mention: Cropsey (Brancaccio and Zeman, 2009). Five Great F...
Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of March 2015, in alphabetical order | Simon's Film-Related Rants and Musings
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Simon’s Film-Related Rants and Musings. The List: 100 Favorite Films. Complete viewing log (with links to reviews). List of reviews, alphabetical. List of reviews by director. Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of March 2015, in alphabetical order. Posted April 2, 2015. Citizenfour (Poitras, 2014). The Horse Soldiers (Ford, 1959). La dolce vita (Fellini, 1960). The One I Love (McDowell, 2014). Whiplash (Chazelle, 2014). Laquo; Five Great Films I Saw in the Month of February 2015, in alphabetical order.
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Diary of a Country Cinephile: August 2010
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Diary of a Country Cinephile. Thursday, August 19, 2010. The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski, 2010). A lot of people compare The Ghost Writer. In its grasp of paranoia and political corruption, but the most obvious reference point to me seems to be Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. Manages goofy fun in the name of genre, seriousness in the name of tone and content, and maturity in its rejection of the overwrought defeatism that has made Chinatown. The ever-enduring hallmark of Polanski’s filmography.
Diary of a Country Cinephile: June 2011
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Diary of a Country Cinephile. Thursday, June 30, 2011. Viewing Log: 6/1/11 - 6/30/11. Claude Chabrol, 1968). Claude Chabrol, 1970). 6/27/11 FULL METAL JACKET. Stanley Kubrick, 1987). 6/25/11 BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK. John Sturges, 1955). Don Siegel, 1971). 6/23/11 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PT. 1. David Yates, 2010). 6/20/11 CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON. Eric Rohmer, 1972). 6/19/11 ADVISE and CONSENT. Otto Preminger, 1962). Jean-Luc Godard, 2004). Brian De Palma, 1984). 6/17/11 HIGH AND LOW. The Cinema ...
Diary of a Country Cinephile: April 2010
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Diary of a Country Cinephile. Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Mélo (Alain Resnais, 1986). Many canonized directors often wind up endlessly lauded for a single work, and for Alain Resnais Last Year at Marienbad. Is that film. I had heard about it numerous times before ever once hearing about a single post-sixties film of his, or even his 1963 Muriel. Made only two years afterwards. I suppose like many people, I started with Marienbad. A few weeks ago I revisited Marienbad. Today I watched Mélo. Would be genuin...
Diary of a Country Cinephile: Exploring Cassavetes: SHADOWS
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Diary of a Country Cinephile. Friday, March 25, 2011. When I first watched John Cassavetes' Shadows. And The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Have taught me that forming conceptions of Cassavetes films is fruitless work. And Hitchcock's 50s period. Given that Welles's style changed drastically after traveling to Europe, Carney appears to be committing the cardinal sin of consigning the director to his most overpraised masterwork. Thankfully, this polemic ends when he begins to write about Shadows. This is no...
Diary of a Country Cinephile: June 2010
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Diary of a Country Cinephile. Wednesday, June 30, 2010. White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1982). To some seems like a no-brainer anti-racist film, a view no doubt enforced by Fuller’s blunt dialogue and metaphors, but I found it absolutely brutal. Comparing Fuller’s treatments of racism in both this film and The Steel Helmet. Posted by mystery meat. Saturday, June 12, 2010. Out of the Blue (Dennis Hopper, 1980). Posted by mystery meat. Wednesday, June 2, 2010. The Lusty Men (Nicholas Ray, 1952). In The Lusty Men.
Diary of a Country Cinephile: Exploring Cassavetes: FACES
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Diary of a Country Cinephile. Saturday, April 9, 2011. Is probably my least favorite of the four Cassavetes films I've seen, but if Shadows. Has taught me anything, it's that a re-watch will probably increase my appreciation substantially. For Ray Carney, however, Faces. Is possibly Cassavetes' grand achievement and the ultimate distillation of his philosophy of selfhood as a process of interaction and even more potent than Shadows. Posted by mystery meat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
Diary of a Country Cinephile: February 2011
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Diary of a Country Cinephile. Saturday, February 26, 2011. MACBETH, Take One (Welles). Consensus seems unduly weighted toward the demeaning notion that Welles's 1948 Macbeth. Posted by mystery meat. Thursday, February 24, 2011. Double Feature (Cukor and De Palma). Most of the fun of Sylvia Scarlett. I preferred Brian De Palma's. Phantom of the Paradise. Posted by mystery meat. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. My Return to Blogging. I have returned from a long sojourn, during which I came to feel that regula...
Diary of a Country Cinephile: WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS | Otto Preminger | 1950
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Diary of a Country Cinephile. Sunday, April 10, 2011. WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS Otto Preminger 1950. This is a noir that hits me in the same way that The Big Heat. The moment that Andrews does murder the suspect is an important one. Unlike in Anatomy of a Murder. Has a playfully antagonistic relationship to Andrews, who sent her husband away for wife-beating. In fact, everyone who resorts to unnecessary violence ends up getting punished, either by the law or by the mob, and Andrews is no exception. Simple ...
Occam's Projector: The Day the Earth Stood Still
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The Day the Earth Stood Still. 2008 US Scott Derrickson. Pretty-cool effects fail to save this Al Gore-ish remake from sucking air into its gills and dying a slow, philosophically painful ("Nothing ever truly dies. Everything is simply [.] transformed. Otherwise: I haven't seen the original, but this one tries to be Green and well-meaning, like a dumb kid's science project. You smile, because what else can you do? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Some Call It a Pastime. Alphabet Challenge, 2016. Image...
Occam's Projector: The New Protocol
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2008 FR Thomas Vincent. 10032;✰✰. Who helps our hero in his quest. Ambiguity hovers like a fog, but the ending is an uppercut. The New Protocol. Explores the same territory as Fernando Meirelles' much-lauded and more-popular The Constant Gardener. But is the better film. A good, smart thriller—it's been a while. Original title: Le nouveau protocole. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Some Call It a Pastime. The Borgias (2011-2013) (TV series). Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru / A Wife Confesses (1961).
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Rants and comments with Bibi. I'll write what's on my mind here with an attempt to not make other's have to experience me telling them what's on my mind in person. It's probably best for everyone involved. Monday, June 21, 2010. I knew that I had a blog and that in the past I would occasionally write in it. Upon review, I learned that I haven't touched said blog since the Christmas entry by Brynn. I will make more regular attempts to post. On June 10th, Mr. Buell and I were married for 10 years! You're a...
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Los Angeles, California. I rant. I crave. Contact me at dailygluttony (at) yahoo [dot] com. View my complete profile. Stuff I Think You Should Get. Stuff I Wrote About. She Rants, She Craves' photostream. Friday, February 4, 2011. Los Toros Meat Market, Rosemead: All I Ever Need For A Lazy Weekend At Home In The San Gabriel Valley. Everyone in Southern California seems to have their favorite carneceria. Mine just happens to be Los Toros Meat Market. 4) Go to cashier to pay for all your stuff. 5) Upon see...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015. No, I Don't Hate Children. It's come to my attention recently that some people think I hate children. I want to set the record straight that just because I don't want children of my own doesn't mean that I don't like other people's children. Quite the contrary! Actually, surprisingly enough, I enjoy being around kids. It's pretty fun. Giggling, tickling, playing hide and seek, playing with a rattle or just walking around, I enjoy spending time with children.
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A series of events, news items, and personal experiences about which you probably don't care. Monday, August 3, 2009. Been a while since i posted here, neh? So the past year went kinda sideways on me. not in a bad way tho. I got in to law school, packed up the whole Seattle-shop, and relocated inland two thousand miles to Iowa, the land of Corn and Soybeans. As much as they like, here, to distinguish themselves from Kansas with protestations of 'but. we have hills! Now, I really dont want this to become ...
Simon's Film-Related Rants and Musings
Simon’s Film-Related Rants and Musings. The List: 100 Favorite Films. Complete viewing log (with links to reviews). List of reviews, alphabetical. List of reviews by director. Alphabet Challenge, 2014. Posted January 8, 2015. 5/9/15 – Avengers: Age of Ultron (Joss Whedon, 2015): 7/10. 1/18/15 – Birdman of Alcatraz (John Frankenheimer, 1962): 8/10. 1/31/15 – Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014): 8/10. 2/14/15 – Billy Budd (Peter Ustinov, 1962): 7.5/10. 3/30/15 – The Big Clock (John Farrow, 1948): 7/10. 2/7/1...
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Arctic Sea Ice Retreat and Global Warming. February 19, 2014. Arctic Sea Ice Retreat and Global Warming. Melting ice is cooking the planet, warns Jeff Hecht, NewScientist.com author. Hecht’s article Arctic thaw…. February 19, 2014. Arctic Sea Ice Retreat and Global Warming.
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Rants and other Pointless Ramblings. Comments and Other Bad News. Feel Free to tell me what an Idiot I am. I am a middle aged, bald, 'Husky' male. I am not a writer but I enjoy writing and I find that writing about things that annoy me is cheaper and easier than being arrested for assault and battery. Very little of what I write can be taken seriously- I will leave it up to you to decide what is and isn't serious. View my complete profile. Friday, January 30, 2015. Why don’t we make them do calculu...
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The original humor of Scott Bolander. The output of a Genetically Molested mind. Thursday, June 4, 2015. Traditional Anniversary Presents: How changing traditions destroyed my marriage. No, if I had gotten a lobotomy I'd. Think I'd remember it. There is uncertainty since the process itself can cause lapses in memory (along with incontinence, night terrors, and a slight increase of multiple personalities. Even worse, it can cause memory problems. I don't often write on my calendar,. Upon checking my calen...
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On our last episode (Episode 25), we had an amazing conversation via Skype with Mark "Gus" Scott, the drummer of the band Trixter. We discussed a myriad of topics including music, having to pee in traffic, movies, rock-loving audiences in the midwest, and some of Mark's new and upcoming projects. Bi-weekly podcast hosted by drummers Jim and Sharon Robinson. About as honest of a show as you are going to get, these two will entertain you with a host of topics and a wide range of guests.
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A Story of Family, Friends and Other Natural Disasters". Monday, October 26, 2009. It is 11:15pm and way past my bedtime. Hello old friends,. I am messin' around on the computer so I thought I would check in. There's a storm a comin' and I can hear the wind whippin' outside my window. Not much new to report around here. I am still unemployed. Ughhh! When will the madness stop and someone hire me? I promise, I have a lot to offer! My Sis turns 32 tomorrow. Holy Cow Ally, when did you/we get so old? I am s...
