Hamlet on Film: Letterboxd Reviews
I’ve gotten to know this play pretty well over the last couple weeks, having as of this writing seen sixteen of the twenty-seven renditions I’ve lined up for this retrospective. […]
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Announcing My 2020 Movie Retrospective: Hamlet on Film
Shakespearean cinema, like many of the other subjects I’ve approached in my annual film retrospectives, is something in which I’ve long wanted to become more fluent. There are boundless avenues […]
The Class of 2019: My Favorite Movies
“How does he do it?” asked no one. According to my painstaking records, I’ve maintained roughly the same pace in watching movies that were new to me during the last […]
Double Feature: High Noon and Cléo from 5 to 7
A straight stretch of train tracks extend into oblivion, their iron rumbling with a whispered threat. In the gentle town nearby, two solemn and innocent ceremonies take place at the […]
My Most Anticipated 2019 Movies
As it turns out, two things can be true at once. First, with the aid of a couple different subscription services, I’ve been able to see more movies from the […]
Claustrophobia in Winchester ’73
In 1950, the Academy ratio (1.37:1) was still the norm in Hollywood cinema, although wider image formats were just around the corner. Filmmakers could use the traditional film frame in […]
“All He’s Got and All He’s Ever Gonna Have” — Unforgiven
For feeling sad, Unforgiven is without question one of the most effective of movies. So many of life’s miseries are cataloged here, from loss of life and broken relationships to the […]
My Favorite Movies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(ANNOUNCEMENT: This will be the last post in the “My Favorite Movies” series. It’s not that I’ve run out of favorite movies, or that I’ve lost interest in writing about […]
My Favorite Movies: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
There are three separate times during Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (the beginning, the middle and the end) when a sepia filter is used instead of full color. I can […]
Double Feature: My Darling Clementine and Tombstone
The shootout at the O.K. Corral is one of the defining stories of the American West. Famously lasting only thirty seconds, the altercation ended with three deaths and stamped the […]
Geppetto's Clocks 