They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
Archive for February, 2018
The Best Picture Winners: Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Oscar’s 90th birthday is just 4 days away and to celebrate, every other day from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. Being an actor must be one of the most psychologically […]
The Pod Bay Doors Podcast, Episode #33: Metropolis (1927)
This episode, Jerry and Doug go to the distant past so we can travel to the distant future with Fritz Lang’s stylistic masterpiece Metropolis (1927).
The Best Picture Winners: 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, every other day from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. If modern movies have a no-fly zone, it has to […]
The Best Picture Winners: Argo (2012)
Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, every other day from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. I get the funny feeling that I shouldn’t love Argo […]
Annihilation (2018)
So, it’s very late. I go to see Alex Garland’s Annihilation at the 10pm show. I know nothing about it. The theater, which has a seating capacity of about 100, is empty – the movie is attended 99 empty seats and me. As the trailers wrap up, I wait for late stragglers to come through […]
The Best Picture Winners: The Artist (2011)
Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, every other day from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. I take issue with anyone who accuses The Academy of […]
The Best Picture Winners: The King’s Speech (2010)
Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, every other day from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. When The King’s Speech was bestowed the honor of Best […]
The Best Picture Winners: The Hurt Locker (2009)
Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, every other day from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. In 2009, after 65 years of locking the Best Picture […]
