As someone who consumes a shocking amount of movies, it’s a very special feeling to come across a creator who just really seems to be operating at a similar wavelength to you. Someone who can try a variety of different things, and they all more or less […]
We’re nearing the end of this project folks, less than ten more of these to go, and it seems like here in the more recent chapter of the world of cinema I’m going to be given fairly easy problems to solve. There aren’t as many insane competitions, pitting […]
Last week I talked about how I struggled a little to find my favorite film of 1969 because there was kind of slim pickings. Which was weird, because the few years before that had been absolutely jam-packed with films I loved, causing problems for the opposite reason. […]
Well, after a brief break for the greatest American musical ever made I think it’s high time to get back to this accidental Billy Wilder marathon I’ve given myself. When I first started working on this project I knew that I loved a few Billy Wilder […]
Well folks, it looks like it’s time to poke fun at Nazis again. And this time, a little more directly and forcefully. No, the film we’ll be highlighting today doesn’t feature quite as much vitriol and righteous anger for Nazi Germany as The Great Dictator did a couple weeks […]
I’ve been a little worried about Christopher Nolan. For ages the man seemed to be directing some of the most interesting and enjoyable films out there, coming across like he was lined up to become one of the all time greats. But after the personally fairly disappointing […]