It Isn’t Funny If It Doesn’t Break: Crimes and Misdemeanors
As soothing as “separating the art from the artist” can be, sometimes the more useful course is to dive right into an artist’s output in the context of the allegations […]
Tag Archives: Woody Allen
Love and Death: Woody Allen’s Funniest Movie
I make the claim for Love and Death as Woody Allen’s funniest movie fully aware of all the issues tangled up in that assessment. On a personal level, it was one […]
25 Funniest Movie Scenes
It was about a year ago that I put up a list of the scariest moments I’ve encountered in movies. At that time, I received a request to follow it […]
Double Feature: Annie Hall and Star Wars
Oscar night, April 3, 1978: it was the fiftieth time the stars of Hollywood gathered to celebrate the movies of the previous year. Tied for the most nominations (11) were […]
5 Film Characters That Speak to Me
One of the greatest and most essential pleasures of moviegoing is identification with the characters on the screen. If such identification doesn’t happen, even a great story can only be […]
Oscar 2012
Another year has gone by, and this morning another batch of nominees for the Academy Awards have been announced. This brings me full circle: I’ve been blogging for a year […]
My 20 Most Anticipated Movies of 2012: #20-#11
Percentages reflect how much each of the three categories (Director, Cast and X factor) contributed to the movie’s ranking. 20. Cosmopolis Release: Not set With Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Jay […]
Geppetto's Clocks 