Monthly Archives: September 2010
Five Film Favorites: French New Wave
Almost 50 years ago the British took American rock ‘n’ roll and began reinterpreting it. The result was a fresh sound, more true to the rockabilly and R&B roots of the genre than most of what was then playing on … Continue reading
Violent Style without Ethical Substance: “Inglourious Basterds” and the Italian Western
In F.T. Rea’s post of favorite Westerns, Rea cleverly and accurately assigned each film with a word: High Noon is about honor. Lonely Are the Brave is about freedom. Stagecoach is about survival. Treasure of the Sierra Madre is about … Continue reading
What to Watch When You’re Watching at Home: Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men
Democracy is loud. Even Plato knew this, all those centuries ago. There’s a line in The Republic where Socrates grumbles about the din of a government run by the citizenry (which is odd when you consider he wasn’t a guy … Continue reading
Five Film Favorites: American Detective Movies
There are so many good films about clever detectives solving mysteries that I expect this week’s edition of my five favorites series will draw some comments from readers who want to chide the list-maker for leaving off one of their … Continue reading
The Five Best Film Going Experiences I’ve Had
The premier of Henry Hampton’s groundbreaking six hour documentary history of the Civil Rights Movement EYES ON THE PRIZE at The Film Forum in New York, 1987: I’ve never sat under a projection beam in a dark theater so moved … Continue reading
Wild At Heart
Sometime in 2007, I learned that David Lynch would be accompanying a screening of INLAND EMPIRE to the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD. Per the film’s tour schedule, said pairing of man and movie would occur no closer … Continue reading
What to Watch When You’re Watching at Home: Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour
You set the paper down, wondering what to do this weekend. The movies at the local Cineplex seem uninspiring, or perhaps the thought of being at a theater, no matter how nice, just doesn’t float your boat. Sometimes, the joy … Continue reading
Five Film Favorites: Courtroom Trials
Although most legal problems are solved in routine ways that wouldn’t serve as fodder for an interesting movie plot, well-made suspenseful dramas set in the courtroom make for some of the best feature films. The credits usually play out over … Continue reading
Richmond Responds to “Rock ‘n’ Roll Hotel”
Submitted by Dale Brumfield, the man who unearthed Richmond’s “lost” movie, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Hotel” for the recent August 30 screening at the Byrd. For more back story, check out Dale’s 8/17/2010 Style Weekly cover story. The setting is Hollywood’s … Continue reading
Hope Improbable
The worst trouble a man can be in is to have one hope left, and that a hope of something so inherently improbable that he knows deep in his heart it won’t happen. –A. J. Liebling, “People in Trouble” I’ve … Continue reading
James River Film Society
James Parrish
F.T. Rea
Ward Howarth
Jacob Dodd
Peter Schilling
Michael Jones
Ted Salins
Todd Hunter Starkweather
anubhavbist
Ann Henderson
Jere Kittle
