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Twentieth Century (1934, Howard Hawks)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 14, 2019
Even with its way too abrupt finish, Twentieth Century is rare delight. Would it be more successful if the ending hadn’t wasted Carole Lombard? Yes, but also because it would’ve given lead John Barrymore more Lombard to act opposite and Barrymore’s best opposite Lombard. He’ read more
Twentieth Century (1934, Howard Hawks)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 14, 2019
Even with its way too abrupt finish, Twentieth Century is rare delight. Would it be more successful if the ending hadn’t wasted Carole Lombard? Yes, but also because it would’ve given lead John Barrymore more Lombard to act opposite and Barrymore’s best opposite Lombard. He’ read more
The Great McGinty (1940, Preston Sturges)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 13, 2019
The Great McGinty has a gentle surprise ending. Not a twist. More a reveal, which then recasts the previous ninety minutes and change in a slightly different light. Because McGinty has a very deliberate bookending—there’s even a title card to explain the setting. An unnamed banana republic, read more
The Great McGinty (1940, Preston Sturges)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 13, 2019
The Great McGinty has a gentle surprise ending. Not a twist. More a reveal, which then recasts the previous ninety minutes and change in a slightly different light. Because McGinty has a very deliberate bookending—there’s even a title card to explain the setting. An unnamed banana republic, read more
The Great McGinty (1940, Preston Sturges)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 13, 2019
The Great McGinty has a gentle surprise ending. Not a twist. More a reveal, which then recasts the previous ninety minutes and change in a slightly different light. Because McGinty has a very deliberate bookending—there’s even a title card to explain the setting. An unnamed banana republic, read more
The Great McGinty (1940, Preston Sturges)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 13, 2019
The Great McGinty has a gentle surprise ending. Not a twist. More a reveal, which then recasts the previous ninety minutes and change in a slightly different light. Because McGinty has a very deliberate bookending—there’s even a title card to explain the setting. An unnamed banana republic, read more
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973, David Lowell Rich)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 12, 2019
I should’ve realized there was no hope for The Horror at 37,000 Feet when Paul Winfield shows up the first time and he’s got an English accent but it’s probably supposed to be somewhere from previously colonial Africa. 37,000 is a TV movie from 1973; there’s a cultural context to the only Black read more
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973, David Lowell Rich)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 12, 2019
I should’ve realized there was no hope for The Horror at 37,000 Feet when Paul Winfield shows up the first time and he’s got an English accent but it’s probably supposed to be somewhere from previously colonial Africa. 37,000 is a TV movie from 1973; there’s a cultural context to the only Black read more
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973, David Lowell Rich)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 12, 2019
I should’ve realized there was no hope for The Horror at 37,000 Feet when Paul Winfield shows up the first time and he’s got an English accent but it’s probably supposed to be somewhere from previously colonial Africa. 37,000 is a TV movie from 1973; there’s a cultural context to the only Black read more
September will be great
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 12, 2019
So TV is starting in September. Not sure what the first series I’m going to do a deep-dive on, but it’ll be… something finite. Cable or streaming or British. We’ll see how it goes. Schedule-wise, for TV, I’m thinking one TV post a week to start. Then more once I get a feel for it. Or maybe read more
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973, David Lowell Rich)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 12, 2019
I should’ve realized there was no hope for The Horror at 37,000 Feet when Paul Winfield shows up the first time and he’s got an English accent but it’s probably supposed to be somewhere from previously colonial Africa. 37,000 is a TV movie from 1973; there’s a cultural context to the only Black read more
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018, Terry Gilliam)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 10, 2019
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote opens with a “twenty-five years in the making” title card; it seems for every year it took director Gilliam to get the film made, he added another ending. Don has a troubled third act, with Gilliam and co-writer Tony Grisoni tacking on false ending after false ending, read more
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018, Terry Gilliam)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 10, 2019
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote opens with a “twenty-five years in the making” title card; it seems for every year it took director Gilliam to get the film made, he added another ending. Don has a troubled third act, with Gilliam and co-writer Tony Grisoni tacking on false ending after false ending, read more
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018, Terry Gilliam)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 10, 2019
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote opens with a “twenty-five years in the making” title card; it seems for every year it took director Gilliam to get the film made, he added another ending. Don has a troubled third act, with Gilliam and co-writer Tony Grisoni tacking on false ending after false ending, read more
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018, Terry Gilliam)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 10, 2019
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote opens with a “twenty-five years in the making” title card; it seems for every year it took director Gilliam to get the film made, he added another ending. Don has a troubled third act, with Gilliam and co-writer Tony Grisoni tacking on false ending after false ending, read more
The Laboratory of Fear (1971, Patrice Leconte)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 8, 2019
The Laboratory of Fear is all about expectation. For the short’s eleven minutes, writer and director Leconte wants the audience to expect something. Lots of foreshadowing. Some of it matters, some of it is red herring. The short opens very documentary-like, with a voice over explaining the modern read more
The Laboratory of Fear (1971, Patrice Leconte)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 8, 2019
The Laboratory of Fear is all about expectation. For the short’s eleven minutes, writer and director Leconte wants the audience to expect something. Lots of foreshadowing. Some of it matters, some of it is red herring. The short opens very documentary-like, with a voice over explaining the modern read more
The Laboratory of Fear (1971, Patrice Leconte)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 8, 2019
The Laboratory of Fear is all about expectation. For the short’s eleven minutes, writer and director Leconte wants the audience to expect something. Lots of foreshadowing. Some of it matters, some of it is red herring. The short opens very documentary-like, with a voice over explaining the modern read more
The Laboratory of Fear (1971, Patrice Leconte)
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 8, 2019
The Laboratory of Fear is all about expectation. For the short’s eleven minutes, writer and director Leconte wants the audience to expect something. Lots of foreshadowing. Some of it matters, some of it is red herring. The short opens very documentary-like, with a voice over explaining the modern read more
Angola Janga
The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 7, 2019
Angola Janga is historical fiction. It falls victim to a few of the genre’s main pitfalls. Cartoonist Marcelo D'Salete has done his research, he knows all the facts. And he moves within them. With the single exception of flashing forward to modern-day, urban Brazil (which turns out to be a bad read more