Blogs about Movies

A number of years ago—around the time Pluto was discovered, as I recall—I was browsing in a used-book emporium in New York City’s Greenwich Village, where I found a collection of S.J. Perelman’s essays (I …

Wade and Wood's and Other WorldsLost again amidst peruse of Filmfax, early issues crash upon shoal of what uncultivated call “bad” or more tactful, “camp” movies. If we still enjoy them, what else counts? Detox …

One of the reasons I stopped posting during Covid was I got busy right in the middle of a two-part review of The King (2019, dir. David Michôd), a movie I rather disliked. I did …

Hi! Reddit pointed me to you and it looks like you may have the most in-depth horror movie knowledge base and knowledgeable fans, so I hope you will recognize this movie. I only have brief …

There is no easy way to mark the loss of a longtime friend. Rick Scheckmanwas a quiet guy, the last one to call attention to himself in any situation. He was also a loyal friend …

Hi there friends and followers of the sublime, lost art form of traditionally rendered matte painted shots and miscellaneous motion picture wizardry. It is indeed that time again,Delays in getting this up and running have …

Zombies on the prowl Starring Stephen Fung, Sam Lee, Alice Chan, Chan Wai Ming, Benny Lai, and Frankie Ng Chi-Hung, directed by Stephen Fung. Nom, nom, nom… Dr Harry (Lai) smuggles a sample of weaponised …

The 1001 Movies list only includes two sports documentaries – and one of them was Leni Riefenstahl’s chronicle of the 1936 Olympics, so that’s a pretty high bar. Happily, Kon Ichikawa’s chronicle of the 1964 …

Back in February 2020, commenting on the tumultuous “Bongslide” that saw Parasite make history as the first ever non-English Best Picture winner, the New York Times’s Wesley Morris wondered what Bong’s success would mean “for …

If you’re reading this blog, you probably know the story — at least, you think you do. As Steven Spielberg began production on 1993’s Jurassic Park, he and Industrial Light and Magic’s Dennis Muren planned …

The Fritzes award honors the best interfaces in a full-length motion picture in the past year. Interfaces play a special role in our movie-going experience, and are a craft all their own that does not …

One would assume, given a soundtrack album laden with iconic classics by Horace Silver, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon and many others, that this film score is saturated with jazz.Well … not exactly. But more on …

The talk I’m doing with Chris Heppell of Changing Faces for the Bo’ness Silent Film Festival is tomorrow. You can find out more here. As far as I can tell it’ll be watchable online both …

I’ve had an idea for a new blog series for quite some time now, and I thought that today was a perfect day for my first entry. Over the decades, I’ve seen innumerable noirs – …

The Three Christs of Ypsilanti, Milton Rokeach JR, William Gaddis Nobody Grew But the Business, Joseph Tabbi Pretty useful treatment of Gaddis here. The Madness of Crowds, Louise Penny The Gamache books are a family …

“Luther” show creator and Luther: The Fallen Sun writer Neil Cross started talking about him and Idris Elba doing a Luther movie for at least a decade before Fallen Sun. Like everyone else, Cross assumed …

Well, it seems we’ve lost our Justice League International dream cast, a beloved actor, and seemingly all-around great guy. The Wire, Fringe, and John Wick star Lance Reddick has reportedly died at the age of …

Robert Fairclough wrote on We Are Cult: Dance Craze (1981) BFI Blu-ray reviewed ❉ This must-buy package captures the vitality of the 2-Tone phenomenon, writes Rob Fairclough. “The new wave of ska was full of …