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Monday, May 10, 2010

Scenes I love: French Cancan (1955) — Renoir, c'est moi‎!

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Provence is one of the most spectacular regions of France. It's the France of the great Impressionist painters. Monet, Cézanne, Van G...
Sunday, May 9, 2010

Alternate universe movies: "The Maltese Falcon" with Gene Tierney instead of Mary Astor

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Recently, while watching 1944's Laura with Elizabeth, I hit the Pause button during a pivotal scene featuring Gene Tierney. (Although i...
Saturday, May 8, 2010

When Peter Cushing played the chap in the TARDIS...

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... and the Daleks were badass in Technicolor. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks — Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) were big-...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) — Spanish class

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One of the joys of DVDs comes when we discover a previously unknown gem. Perhaps it's a film we know, if at all, only as a title overh...

Pic pick: We've all had days like this

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The Space Needle considered as an unguarded ham sandwich. Or maybe a squirrel.

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Friday, April 30, 2010

Thou shalt have no other Herzog before me; Or, Encounters at the End of the Meme

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Werner Herzog will never have an existential anxiety attack. Existential anxiety isn't foolish enough to attack him. According to Ei...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Scenes I love: "The Third Man" — a slice of Lime

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"The cuckoo clock. So long, Holly." Everyone remembers Orson Welles' speech about cuckoo clocks, jaunty and murderous at ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Kai goes to the beach

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  1. "Hey, a beach! Birds! Smelly things! Let's go!"   2. ::read read read::   3. "Well, crap."   4. ...