Tag Archives: movies

The Birth of a Nation: Lighting and (mostly “non”) camera movement, racism, and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination reenacted a mere 50 years after

Posted on March 27, 2018 by

NOTE: This post is under reconstruction because a) the YouTube account that I originally took my clips from has been shut down and b) WordPress doesn’t seem to be working correctly to allow me to play clips to and from … Continue reading →

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Is Hollywood Over?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

Really interesting article in Vanity Fair Magazine this month, “Why Hollywood as We Know It Is Already Over.” Basically it says that Hollywood is too bloated and calcified, producing unoriginal action movies that it hopes will hit big in foreign … Continue reading →

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What movie does my hotel shower remind you of?

Posted on June 29, 2016 by

Yeah, me too😄 I made sure all the doors were locked before I stepped in!

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Watching the “Up” Documentary Series (Film #5, 35 Up)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by

This past weekend I watched 35 Up.  As I said in my last post, I’m going to try a different approach in structuring my thoughts on the film this time around by first providing a brief update on each of … Continue reading →

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Watching the “Up” Documentary Series (Film #4, 28 Up)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by

This past weekend I watched the fourth film in the “Up” series, 28 Up.  Tonight I’m going to watch the fifth film, and I can see that I need to restructure the way I’m writing about each film.  Every week, … Continue reading →

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Watching the “Up” Documentary Series (Film #3, 21 Up)

Posted on July 24, 2013 by

Over the weekend I watched the third film in the “Up” series.  All the original seven-year-olds are back and are now age 21. I started writing this post on Saturday; today is Wednesday.  In a couple of days I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Watching the “Up” Series (#2, 7 Plus Seven)

Posted on July 14, 2013 by

This weekend I watched the second film in the “Up” series, 7 Plus Seven.  Last week I watched (and wrote this blog post about) the first film, Seven Up.  Six more films to go on my way to 56 Up, the … Continue reading →

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Watching the “Up” Series (#1, Seven Up)

Posted on July 8, 2013 by

Several years ago, in one of those serendipitous moments that can occur only in the physical world (i.e., not online),  I stumbled across a film in the documentary section of a Blockbuster video store, 49 Up.  I realized at once … Continue reading →

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Woody Allen on filmmaking as therapy

Posted on June 30, 2013 by

Great article about Woody Allen in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal Magazine.  In a post I wrote on “Creativity and the importance of routine” last year, I mentioned Allen as an example of someone who shows up every day and does … Continue reading →

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Pixar’s “The Blue Umbrella” is cinematic poetry. “Monsters University” is fun, too.

Posted on June 28, 2013 by

This past weekend my younger daughter and I continued our longstanding tradition of catching Pixar’s new release on its opening weekend. Monsters University was a lot of fun.  Not completely on a par with the studio’s finest hits, but really nothing … Continue reading →

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