Soaked in tears about Dreyer
GERTRUD (Carl-Theodor Dreyer, Denmark, 1964) — 10
I’m sitting right now...
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Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [2]
Director: Stanley Kubrick; written by Peter George, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern
Columbia Pictures...
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[1]Cultural hygiene is a must. Every day, you must try to consume culture that is educational, that elevates your soul, but also culture which puts you in sync with your society. That...
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“Why . . . so . . . serious?” — The Joker[1]
“It’s all a joke.” — The Comedian[2]
“All humane people should admit that they are...
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Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: When did you first . . . become . . . well, develop this theory?
General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh, I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the...
The Naked Kiss is a pulp gem directed by B movie auteur Samuel Fuller. A city prostitute takes up life as a small town nurse. She soo
I was watching the film over the Christmas holidays, and now that I'm woke to the JQ I immediately had a hunch that the film was written by a Jew about his insecurities. The reason is because most Hollywood films champion the immigrant or outsider. I discovered this from a documentary / book called "An Empire of Their Own." I highly recommend it. Here are relevant clips to help you understand how...
What did the picture editor of Look see in the Bronx teenager's photograph? A weeping city news vendor surrounded by front pages announcing the death of President Roosevelt — and the small, tenderly...
This Bastille Day, let's take a look back at a classic French film reviewed by Mark on its 50th anniversary in 2014: Half-a-century ago - February 19th 1964 - one of my favorite films opened in cinemas...
Alfred Hitchcock is a director that I grow to appreciate more and more as the years go by. I am more often sickened by a new big special ef
We have a double-feature for you tonight. This weekend's Mark Steyn Show includes a video edition of Mark at the Movies with Steyn and Rick McGinnis discussing The Founder, Michael Keaton's biopic of the...
Ranking of Kubrick filmography. It’s been rewarding to see many of these for the first time this year.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 2001: A Space Odyssey...
Self-explanatory, I think
A Clockwork Orange Time Out Rear Window 8½ The Magnificent Ambersons Casablanca Sunset Boulevard Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and...
Out of all the fascist leaders from the first half of the twentieth century, Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet, of Ancoats, the Anglo
As I expected it would be, Terror 2000: Germany out of Control – the final chapter in recently deceased Ger-maniac auteur Christoph Maria
When it comes to the ‘great’ works of the Golden Age of Porn, chances are megalomaniacal Hebrew pornstar/pornographer Jamie Gillis
phantasmagoric color and fantastic production design. best to not sweat too heavily over the plot specifics if you can and instead just the lap up the stylish surfaces.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb To Kill a Mockingbird Long Day's Journey Into Night 2001: A Space Odyssey Psycho Mary Poppins Mysterious Island The Sound...
Seedy neo-noir with flashes of red hot melodrama, tonal shifts guided in part by the score switching between fiery jazz and the more typical orchestral music, the latter often playing quite ironically. A...
A recent incident caught my eye because of the classic simple glitch it entailed:
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are investigating two incidents in which A350s experienced uncommanded in-flight engine...