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Yearly Archives: 2010
Black and white and foreign: cognitive adjustments
When I posted Ikiru as part of 20 Movies a few months ago I made reference to the difficulty many people have with movies that are in black and white and movies that are called foreign (and movies that are … Continue reading
Shock isn’t scary; suspense is – The Sixth Sense
As October wraps up, it seems appropriate to talk about a movie from 1999 that was a genuinely good, suspense-filled ghost story. It’s one that caught most people off guard, especially with its ending. And it was so quiet! The … Continue reading
Out of my league with Ugetsu (1953)
I don’t mind saying I’m a little out of my league with a movie like Ugetsu. But so what? It’s one of the great movies. I watched it. I like it. I had the following to say about it. Ugetsu … Continue reading
True Grit: the last old western?
In some ways, the idea of the Coen brothers redoing True Grit gives me the willies. I would have been 12 or 13 when the Henry Hathaway/John Wayne version came out so it has a kind of nostalgic quality for … Continue reading
A different kind of ghost story
Ghost stories are appropriate for the season, I suppose, but one of my favourites is one of the least ghostly, at least in the “Boo!” sense. It’s The Ghost and Mrs. Muir from 1947. I remember as a kid watching … Continue reading
An unapologetic and satisfying romance
A friend kept telling me how much she loved this movie. I knew nothing about it but a few years ago I saw it and picked it up. I took it home, put it in the DVD player and was … Continue reading
