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Playtime (1967)
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jul 14, 2014
originally intended as part of the 1967 in Film Blogathon hosted by The Rosebud Cinema and Silver Screenings (and then I got horribly sick—children are Petri dishes of contagion —so it’s only, uh, three weeks late) Anyway, check out the plethora of great posts from the Blogathon! read more
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938)
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jun 22, 2014
a contribution to the Billy Wilder Blogathon, hosted by Once upon a screen… and Outspoken & Freckled Dir. Ernst Lubitsch Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder Brackett, reclining, and Wilder hard at work on something awesome. Ernst Lubitsch’s 1938 comedy Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, read more
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938)
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jun 22, 2014
a contribution to the Billy Wilder Blogathon, hosted by Once upon a screen… and Outspoken & Freckled Dir. Ernst Lubitsch Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder Brackett, reclining, and Wilder hard at work on something awesome. Ernst Lubitsch’s 1938 comedy Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, read more
“L’armée des ombres” (“Army of Shadows”) Snoopathon Part 2
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jun 14, 2014
In which I explain why Simone Signoret is amazing (and some other stuff). Director Jean-Pierre Melville is famous for his lack of female characters, and the few women who do populate his universe frankly don’t have much character. Women are generally superfluous in Melville’s films; he is fascinat read more
“L’armée des ombres” (“Army of Shadows”) Snoopathon Part 2
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jun 14, 2014
In which I explain why Simone Signoret is amazing (and some other stuff). Director Jean-Pierre Melville is famous for his lack of female characters, and the few women who do populate his universe frankly don’t have much character. Women are generally superfluous in Melville’s films; he is fascinat read more
Snoopathon: L’armée des ombres (1969) Part 1
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jun 3, 2014
Once again, I seem to have chosen the one of the least typical examples of the genre for a genre-based blogathon. “L’armée des ombres” (“Army of Shadows”), Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1969 film about a small group of French Resistance fighters during World War II, is undeniably a spy film. And read more
Snoopathon: L’armée des ombres (1969) Part 1
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jun 3, 2014
Once again, I seem to have chosen the one of the least typical examples of the genre for a genre-based blogathon. “L’armée des ombres” (“Army of Shadows”), Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1969 film about a small group of French Resistance fighters during World War II, is undeniably a spy film. And read more
The Merry Widow Waltz: Lubitsch’s “Heaven Can Wait”
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on May 4, 2014
This post is part of the Romantic Comedy Blogathon, hosted by Backlots and Carole & Co.! It’s hard to imagine Ernst Lubitsch, director of The Love Parade (1929), Design for Living (1933), and Ninotchka (1939), making something that isn’t a classy, urbane romantic comedy. Heaven Can Wait (1943) read more
The Merry Widow Waltz: Lubitsch’s “Heaven Can Wait”
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on May 4, 2014
This post is part of the Romantic Comedy Blogathon, hosted by Backlots and Carole & Co.! It’s hard to imagine Ernst Lubitsch, director of The Love Parade (1929), Design for Living (1933), and Ninotchka (1939), making something that isn’t a classy, urbane romantic comedy. Heaven Can Wait (1943) read more
The “Austere Wickedness”* of Alain Delon
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Apr 26, 2014
The Villain: Tom Ripley * The Movie: Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) 1960 My husband refers to Alain Delon as “farcically good-looking,” and, really, Delon is so good-looking, it’s practically an insult. He was a mere 25 when he made Plein Soleil (known in English as Purple Noon for no good reason read more
The “Austere Wickedness”* of Alain Delon
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Apr 26, 2014
The Villain: Tom Ripley * The Movie: Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) 1960 My husband refers to Alain Delon as “farcically good-looking,” and, really, Delon is so good-looking, it’s practically an insult. He was a mere 25 when he made Plein Soleil (known in English as Purple Noon for no good reason read more
Why You Were Probably Wrong about The Lone Ranger
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Apr 10, 2014
Various critics have talked about why last year’s The Lone Ranger deserved to do better, box-office-wise, than it did, about its interest in how events are turned into history and its visual delights, which are, I should think, inarguable. Thus far, I haven’t come across anyone talking about read more
Tyrone Power lurches down Nightmare Alley
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Mar 12, 2014
Nightmare Alley (1947) Directed by Edmund Goulding An odd but now well-regarded film noir, with A-list stars and production staff, and a larger-than-normal budget, Nightmare Alley is based on William Lindsay Gresham’s squalid 1946 novel. In an attempt to move away from his usual roles as a romantic read more
Tyrone Power lurches down Nightmare Alley
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Mar 12, 2014
Nightmare Alley (1947) Directed by Edmund Goulding An odd but now well-regarded film noir, with A-list stars and production staff, and a larger-than-normal budget, Nightmare Alley is based on William Lindsay Gresham’s squalid 1946 novel. In an attempt to move away from his usual roles as a romantic read more
Johnny Eager (1941)
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jan 7, 2014
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy David Thomson’s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film refers to Johnny Eager (1941) as “fatuous,” which I think unfair. (The IMDb hordes gave it a 7.1, for whatever that’s worth.) Casting the famously good-looking Robert Taylor was something of a gamble; Thomson’s other read more
Johnny Eager (1941)
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jan 7, 2014
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy David Thomson’s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film refers to Johnny Eager (1941) as “fatuous,” which I think unfair. (The IMDb hordes gave it a 7.1, for whatever that’s worth.) Casting the famously good-looking Robert Taylor was something of a gamble; Thomson’s other read more
Tuesday’s Sunday Random Roundup, October 1, 2013
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Oct 1, 2013
The zombies made me miss the Roundup last week. But now we have an actual developing story…perhaps even a scandal of sorts. So there’s no actual Roundup here, unless you think of it as a Roundup of one thing. I should make it clear that I have not yet read either Doherty’s or Urwan read more
Tuesday’s Sunday Random Roundup, October 1, 2013
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Oct 1, 2013
The zombies made me miss the Roundup last week. But now we have an actual developing story…perhaps even a scandal of sorts. So there’s no actual Roundup here, unless you think of it as a Roundup of one thing. I should make it clear that I have not yet read either Doherty’s or Urwan read more
Wherefore Art Thou Zombie?
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Sep 19, 2013
The Husband does not like zombie movies. Neither is The Husband a fan of apocalypse movies, though he’s perfectly happy reading Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year. Which is, let me assure you, much less action-packed than even the worst zombie movie. Unlike The Husband, I am a fan of zombie read more
Sunday Random Roundup, September 15, 2013
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Sep 15, 2013
Not really. It turns out this post is all about Hong Kong cinema. Other interesting tidbits will appear later this week. Well, now it’s been *two* weeks since the last post. Apologies. Since I’ve actually got a day job now, I have to learn how to manage my time. And I was experiencing te read more