I really know very little about director Nicholas Ray. But I know a little more now thanks to Noir of the Week and a review of On Dangerous Ground (1952) by clydefro. You, too, can learn a little more about Ray, of whom he says:
Ray’s decade was the 1950’s. You can look at and appreciate [...]

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There’s a troubling post and discussion titled “Death to film critics! Hail to the CelebCult!” over at Roger Ebert’s Journal. It’s about the dying out of newspapers, in this case, newspaper film critics, and the cultural trends we’re seeing now in media of all kinds:
The crowning blow came this week when the once-magisterial Associated Press [...]

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As someone who actually lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, I’m a bit chagrined as to the tardiness of this post but … it ain’t too late! The 8th Annual Silver Wave Film Festival is on now, November 13th to 16th. The schedule is here. I’m still pretty much a Maritime newbie, so I suggest you [...]

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I recently noticed myself doing something when I go through my DVDs to decide what I’ll watch: I look at how long it is and that becomes a factor in my decision. I’ve also found other people do the same thing.
I suspect it has to do with how much time we feel we have in [...]

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I get busier as the week goes along with it peaking on Friday and Saturday, so I’ve fallen a bit behind in tracking the Top Ten films of 1968 over at Britannica Blog. Last Thursday it was Truffaut’s Stolen Kisses, a movie I can’t comment on having never seen it. Yes, I’ve been remiss. But [...]

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I’m batting 0 for 2 now as far as the Top Movies of 1968 go, over on the Britannica Blog. Number 9 is up and it’s Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet. While I have seen it, I recall it only vaguely because I think I’ve only seen it once and that was way back when [...]

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Over at Britannica Blog, Raymond Benson is going to go through his picks for the top films of 1968, “… that tumultuous year.”
My problem with making up such a list is I can’t remember what movies are from what years. If I were to make a list I’d inevitably forget some then, once remembered, I’d [...]

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The answer is no. So think of this as rambling. It is, after all, kind of a shambling, all over the place kind of thing.
Casablanca (1942)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
What it the world do you write about Casablanca? And why would you? I suppose if I were possessed of some brilliantly critical mind that, after much [...]

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I actually wrote my review of The Golden Compass a while ago but only now got around to posting it.
As it turns out, I may have been harder on it than warranted. But as you’ll see by the review, I was annoyed by the ending. And it also may be that I simply wasn’t in [...]

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