Things Have Changed

David Lynch made some bizarre and strange movies, but he was not a cynic.  A cynic could not have made The Straight Story, the G-rated movie...

The THC Son and I recently watched I Like Me, the documentary on the life of John Candy.  A funny and poignant reflection on a man who died ...

Exhilarating was THC's reaction.  THC hadn't planned to see A Complete Unknown when he first heard about it but was persuaded to tak...

 The story of Desmond Doss during WW2 is something I'd been unaware of until a few years ago, did not see Hacksaw Ridge when it was rele...

Reading Quentin Tarantino's book, Cinema Speculation , made me want to watch two 70s flicks, The Outfit and Rolling Thunder, finally get...

Released in 1943, THC finally got around to viewing Colonel Blimp this week.  A splendid film! It's also deceptive as the first, fast-pa...

A unanimous thumbs-up from THC, the THC Son, and the THC SIL, who watched the movie earlier this week.  Far superior to Napoleon, the last m...

Well, it certainly isn't Alien, Blade Runner, or Gladiator, three of Ridley Scott's best films.  Glad I saw it, but very strange.  I...

Last month I wrote about intending to rewatch William Friedkin's 1977 film Sorcerer.  I thought it was great at the time but hadn't...

Christopher Nolan makes long, beautifully produced, and convoluted movies.  Oppenheimer is no exception.  Sometimes that works better ( The ...

Went to a movie theater today for the first time since early 2020 and saw The Banshees of Inisherin .  Very good and very dark, in some ways...

We've been on a bit of a binge lately watching older movies, some we've already seen, some unknown to us until recently (like Army o...

Gritty, brutal, and unsparing in its depiction of the costs of resistance to the Nazis, Army of Shadows is quite a film.  It tells the tale...

It's refreshing to watch a movie that could have easily been cliche-ridden, predictable, and/or a parody of well-worn themes, instead be...

Watched The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent . In trying to evaluate this movie, I realized it exists outside the normal continuum of goo...

 Dear Comrades! , a 2020 film by Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky, is about the events of early June 1962 in the Soviet city of Novocher...

Mrs THC and I watched Everything Everywhere All At Once a couple of evenings ago.  Despite the presence of the wonderful Michelle Yeoh and ...

This mostly black & white film is worth watching for the cinematography alone though that is not its only positive attribute.  Set in 19...

Sometimes you finally get around to watching what you've heard is a great film and end up disappointed.  This happened to us last year v...

Director Guy Ritchie returns to the form he exhibited in his first films, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch (with a hilariou...