ph: Dawid Horlando
Saturday, April 4, 2015
First Lines: Robert A. Heinlein - Citizen of the Galaxy
"Lot ninety-seven," the auctionerr announced. "A boy."
From my library: Ernst Friedrich - Krieg dem Kriege
This is a reprint of a book by the pacifist Ernst Friedrich, enlgish: War against War!, published 1924 in four languages, but was tranlasted into 50 other languages. It depicted the results of World War I in extremely graphic photographies in the intention to upset and instigate its readers to resist against war in any form.
Friday, April 3, 2015
The Old Dark House (1932)
Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when the stumble upon the Femm family estate.
Wildly entertaining horror classic with a great star cast skillfully mixing the scares with humour.
Halliwell****: "Marvellous horror comedy filled with superb grotesques and memorable lines, closely based on a Priestley novel but omitting the more thoughtful moments. A stylist's and connoisseur's treat."
Maltin***1/2: "Outstanding melodrama (with tongue-in-cheek)...A real gem..."
First Lines: Connie Willis - Doomsday Book
Mr. Dunworthy opened the door to the laboratory and his spectacles promptly steamed up.
From my library: Mervyn Peake - Gormengast
The complete surreal, Kafkaesk Gormenghast sage combined in one volume.
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Jimmy's Hall (2014)
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In 1921 Jimmy Gralton's sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in Ireland where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream... but above all to dance and have fun.
Rousing and affecting movie with a great cast retelling an aggravating embarrasing episode of Irish history.
New Stuff: Late Autumn/ A Mother Should be Loved
Second addiation to my ongoing Yasujirô Ozu collection.
Water for Elephants (2011)
A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.
OK melodrama set in a circus environment has a good cast and gets an old-fashioned treatment, but isn't too exciting.
Maltin**1/2: "Waltz's character is puzzling at best, and the love story never catches fire, but the film does offer a beautiful evocation of Depression-era America and circus life..."
Thursday, April 2, 2015
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The Movies I Watched in March
Aventure malgache 1944 6
Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014 7
Bon Voyage 1944 6
Boyhood 2014 8
Calvary 2014 8
Chinatown 1974 10
Classe Tous Risques 1960 7
Elevator to the Gallows 1958 7
Fargo 1996 10
Half Nelson 2006 7
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Ida 2013 7
Ignition 2002 5
Jimmy's Hall 2014 7
Knowing 2009 6
Law Abiding Citizen 2009 6
Le Beau Serge 1958 7
Les Cousins 1959 7
Lourdes 2009 6
Maps to the Stars 2014 7
My Wife Is an Actress 2001 6
Paris Belongs to Us 1961 7
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 7
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Tell Tale 2009 5
The Box 2009 6
The Italian Job 2003 6
The Nun 1966 7
The Old Dark House 1932 8
The Pact 2012 5
Timesweep 1987 3
Tokyo Story 1953 10
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Triage 2009 6
Trouble with the Curve 2012 6
Two Men in Town 1973 7
Water for Elephants 2011 6
Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014 7
Bon Voyage 1944 6
Boyhood 2014 8
Calvary 2014 8
Chinatown 1974 10
Classe Tous Risques 1960 7
Elevator to the Gallows 1958 7
Fargo 1996 10
Half Nelson 2006 7
Ida 2013 7
Ignition 2002 5
Jimmy's Hall 2014 7
Knowing 2009 6
Law Abiding Citizen 2009 6
Le Beau Serge 1958 7
Les Cousins 1959 7
Lourdes 2009 6
Maps to the Stars 2014 7
My Wife Is an Actress 2001 6
Paris Belongs to Us 1961 7
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 7
Tell Tale 2009 5
The Box 2009 6
The Italian Job 2003 6
The Nun 1966 7
The Old Dark House 1932 8
The Pact 2012 5
Timesweep 1987 3
Tokyo Story 1953 10
Triage 2009 6
Trouble with the Curve 2012 6
Two Men in Town 1973 7
Water for Elephants 2011 6
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