ph: Kenny Germé
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Encouraged to read the classics at home, she was too rebellious to make a success of formal education, but she won poetry prizes from an early age, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1923, and went on to use verse as a medium for her feminist activism.
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Friday, February 18, 2022
Thursday, February 17, 2022
The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey (2016)
A team of investigators re-examine the 20 year-old unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey.
Interesting, but maybe a bit opinionated documentary takes a unique check of evidence and finds some conclusions, albeit still speculative ones.
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
The Lineup (1958)
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
Leave
it to Don Siegel to turn a regular police investigation story into a
tough, tense thriller skillfully photographed on real locations with a
highly suspenseful ending.
Halliwell*: "Energetic, polished movie version of a popular TV series, San Francisco Beat."
Maltin**1/2: "Cult favorite with fans of director Siegel, despite the fact that it's a pretty ordinary police procedural."
The Shout (1978)
A traveler by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Well-made semi-horror tale seems more surreal than actually frightening, but is intriguing enough to hold your attention.
Halliwell*: "Curiously gripping but ultimately pointless fable, very well done to little purpose."
Maltin**1/2: "Well-filmed but obscure yarn...Worth a look on a slow evening."
Monday, February 14, 2022
Sunday, February 13, 2022
El espinazo del diablo (2001)
After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.
More
than just a simple ghost story this assuredly directed and beautifully
photographed Gothic tale is also a tale about compassion, avarice and
political commitment and is both spooky and moving.
Halliwell**: "Elegant, chilling tale of greed and repression that also serves as a political allegory of the times."
Maltin***1/2: "A fascinating ghost story with multiple layers, strikingly shot and designed."
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