Category Archives: films

No Country for Old Men, or the end of cinema

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Reverend

Let me ask you something. If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule? This is the question I would ask of the Coen Brothers after watching this film. The rule in my mind … Continue reading →

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Cronenberg on Warhol

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Reverend

Another gem from my Ubuweb video feed. Just found this series of audio files that feature David Cronenberg curating an Andy Warhol exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto back in 2006. Here’s a nice quote from Cronenberg … Continue reading →

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Antonioni’s L’eclisse

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Reverend

I had a pretty unbelievable experience the other night watching the late, great Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’eclisse (1962). I’m not sure how to explain this film, for the actual narrative itself is rather empty. Yet, it becomes immediately clear not five … Continue reading →

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Harun Farocki on the Desgin of Control

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Reverend

My UBUWEB rss subscription is the feed that keeps on giving. I scan it regularly, and indulge in watching a work by a filmmaker I haven’t heard of before irregularly. This time Harun Farocki’s video/documentary I Thought I was Seeing … Continue reading →

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What are the 5 best film adaptations of a Stephen King work?

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Reverend

This poll started out as a way to test Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan’s WordPress Poll plugin (which is pretty slick by the way), and quickly turned into a full-fledged poll asking what you think are the five best film adaptations of … Continue reading →

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The Brood (1979)

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Reverend

When I was at UCLA in the mid-90s I saw a double-feature at Melnitz Theater (the Film School’s theater) that really freaked me out. The theme of the double-feature was “Maternal Nightmares,” and the films were Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby … Continue reading →

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Harry Dean Stanton’s Repo Code

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Reverend

Harry Dean Stanton is without question one of my favorite character actors, if not my favorite. He has been in a number of great movies with some amazing roles—I’m thinking Cool Hand Luke, Alien, Escape from New York, Pretty in … Continue reading →

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Viva Knievel! Instantly

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Reverend

Andy Rush has already blogged about Netflix Instant Video (what a man, what a man!), but I haven’t used it because I didn’t have Windows XP installed on my Mac Book Pro (it’s not Mac OS friendly). My two-cents to … Continue reading →

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Raiding the Internet Archive

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Reverend

Figured I’d start the week off right and play with some public domain video from the Internet Archive. I set a couple of clips (Babies on Parade and Television Commercials: Telephone) to the mellifluous sounds of one of my favorite … Continue reading →

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Two Must-See Melodramas by Douglas Sirk

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Reverend

if you’re not yet a Douglas Sirk fan, you really should be. All that Heaven Allows (1955) and Written on the Wind (1956)–both starring the beautiful and extremely talented Rock Hudson–are two of his best 1950s melodramas and would make … Continue reading →

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