Monthly Archives: January 2012

Five Film Favorites: Cinematic Things from Australia

Posted on at by Todd Hunter Starkweather

I have posted this list too late to properly celebrate Australia Day, which occurs annually on 26 January. In fact, my continued lateness has prevented me from using the International Date Line as an excuse. Tardiness aside, I still wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Animal Kingdom, Australia, Australia Day, bodyline, Cate Blanchett, Douglas Jardine, Gallipoli, Gary Oldman, Hugo Weaving, I'm Not There, Jackie Weaver, Nicholas Roeg, Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Weir, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Matrix trilogy, Walkabout | 4 Comments

How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part Three

Posted on at by F.T. Rea

Why another list of old movies? With the Biograph Theatre’s 40th anniversary celebration on Saturday, February 11, in mind, my instinct to promote good movies has been reawakened. The 139 movies on the entire list all played at Richmond’s Biograph … Continue reading →

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How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part Two

Posted on at by F.T. Rea

Why another list of old movies? With the Biograph Theatre’s 40th anniversary celebration next month in mind, my hope is that a reader might be persuaded to take a chance on watching one or two on this list. The movies … Continue reading →

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British Period Piece Recommendation (Non- “Downton Abbey” Division): Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Posted on at by Todd Hunter Starkweather

After thumbing through various reviews of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), I realized that I fell within the roughly 50% that adored the film. Those in the other aisle not only failed to love the film, they simply could not stomach … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews | Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciaran Hinds, Colin Firth, David Dencik, Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Let the Right One In, Mark Strong, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson | 3 Comments

How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part One

Posted on at by F.T. Rea

Why another list of old movies? With the Biograph Theatre’s 40th anniversary celebration on the horizon, my lofty hope is that a reader might be persuaded to take a chance on one or two on this list, titles they’ve previously … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Lists | Tagged A Clockwork Orange, A Day at the Races, Aguirre the Wrath of God, Alfie, All About Eve, Allan Jones, Amarcord, American Graffiti, Amy Irving, Anna Karina, Anne Baxter, Bang the Drum Slowly, Belle Du Jour, Bernardo Bertolucci, Bette Davis, Between the Lines, Biograph Theatre, Black Orpheus, Blazing Saddles, Blow Up, Bob Fosse, Bread and Chocolate, Breaker Morant, Breaking Away, Breathless, Breno Mello, Brian De Palma, Brooke Adams, Bruce Beresford, Bryan Brown, Burgess Meredith, Cabaret, Candy Clark, Carrie, Casablanca, Cat Ballou, Cat People, Catherine Deneuve, Charlie Chaplin, Chinatown, Christopher Walken, Cindy Williams, Citizen Kane, City Lights, Claude Rains, Cleavon Little, Daniel Stern, Das Boot, David Hemmings, Day for Night, Days of Heaven, Delphine Seyrig, Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Dinner at Eight, Dorothy Comingore, Dr. Strangelove…, Dwayne Hickman, Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward Woodward, Elliot Silverstein. Cast: Jane Fonda, Faye Dunaway, Federico Fellini. Cast: Bruno Zanin, Fernando Rey, Florence Lee, François Truffaut, Francis Ford Coppola, Franco Brusati, Fred MacMurray, Gastone Moschin, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder, George C. Scott, George Cukor, George Lucas, George Sanders, Gillo Pontecorvo, Harvey Korman, Helena Rojo, Herbert Grönemeyer, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Nicholson, Jack Warden, Jacqueline Bisset, Jacques Tourneur, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Harlow, Jean Seberg, Jean Sorel, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jeff Goldblum, Joan Micklin-Silver. Cast: John Heard, Joel Grey, John Barrymore, John Cazale, John D. Hancock, John Huston, John Savage, John Schlesinger, John Travolta, José Ferrer, Joseph Cotten, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Karen Black, Katharine Hepburn, Kent Smith, Klaus Kinski, Klaus Wennemann, Lee Marvin, Lindsay Crouse, Lionel Barrymore, Liza Minnelli, Luis Buñuel, Madeline Kahn, Magali Noël, Malcolm McDowell, Marcel Camus, Marie Dressler, Marpressa Dawn, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mel Brooks, Meryl Streep, Michael Bates, Michael Caine, Michael Callan, Michael Cimino, Michael Curtiz, Michael York, Michel Piccoli, Michelangelo Antonioni, Micheline Lanctôt, Nino Manfredi, Orson Welles, Patrick Magee, Paul Frankeur, Paul Henreid, Peter Sellers, Peter Yates, Piper Laurie, Polanski, Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Gere, Robert De Niro, Ron Howard, Ruy Guerra, Sam Shepard, Sam Wood, Sarah Miles, Shelly Winters, Simone Simon, Sissy Spacek, Slim Pickens, Stanley Kubrick, Stefania Sandrelli, Sterling Hayden, Sutherland, Ted Kotcheff, Terrence Malick, The African Queen, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravtiz, The Battle of Algiers, The Caine Mutiny, The Conformist, The Conversation, The Day of the Locust, The Deer Hunter, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Marx Brothers, Un Chien Andalou, Valentina Cortese, Van Johnson, Vanessa Redgrave, Virginia Cherrill, Wallace Beery, Werner Herzog, William Atherton, Wolfgang Petersen | 4 Comments

(Possible) Recommendation: Hugo

Posted on at by Todd Hunter Starkweather

In an earlier recommendation, I described The Muppets (2011) and two other autumn releases, Hugo (2011) and The Artist (2011), as attempting to conjure up memories of prior art and entertainment. While I lauded The Muppets, I could not comment … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film, History, Reviews | Tagged Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Harold Lloyd, Hugo, Martin Scorsese, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Artist, The Muppets | 2 Comments

Monthly Archives: January 2012

Five Film Favorites: Cinematic Things from Australia

How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part Three

How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part Two

British Period Piece Recommendation (Non- “Downton Abbey” Division): Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part One

(Possible) Recommendation: Hugo

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