The Great Cinematographers of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Hal Mohr** is the only person to have won a competitive Academy Award without being nominated for it. Mohr was allowed to keep his Oscar and won a second.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jun 5, 2023 | Awards Season, Cinematographers, Classic Film Noir, Oscar |
Hal Mohr** is the only person to have won a competitive Academy Award without being nominated for it. Mohr was allowed to keep his Oscar and won a second.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Mar 25, 2023 | Genres (Action - Music Scene), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV |
Hitchcock liked to cast gay actors in gay roles such as Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers in “Rebecca” or John Dall and Farley Granger in “Rope”.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 1, 2023 | A+, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Horror, Max, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Caronna gives these five men back their dignity, something they were stripped of when they became victims of a horrific crime.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 30, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Max, Mystery, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
The result: compulsive viewing for seven out of the eight episodes. Colin Firth is spellbinding. Toni Collette is equally superb.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 11, 2021 | A+, Comedy, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Max, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
The action then unfolds in flashback…. Olivia and Paula instantly become the series’ Greek Chorus; the best-friend-duo from hell.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 29, 2021 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Hulu, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Blanchett then slowly hangs up the phone and returns, defeated, to the kitchen. In un hommage à Akerman, the camera frames her in medium shot.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Mar 14, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Hulu, Max, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Laura Dern is a card-carrying liberal from Riverside. who wants to do good in this world but gets sidetracked by some deep personality flaws
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Apr 6, 2023 | A, Comedy, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Netflix, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Created by Lee Sung Jin, the series boasts a wonderful script and spectacular turns by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as the central characters.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 26, 2022 | A, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Netflix, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Evan Peters, Josh Braaten (young Jeffrey), Niecy Nash as nest-door-neighbor Glenda and a magnificent Richard Jenkins as Dahmer’s Father, all give stellar performances.
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It’s all just as delicious as the original two series with the two Lady Danbury’s taking all of the acting honors in their respective time periods.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 10, 2023 | B+, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Paramount Plus, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
“Fellow Travelers” is “The Way We Were,” with Jewish being replaced by Queer, Redford by Bomer and Barbra by Bailey. It’s compulsively watchable, just not a classic.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jul 23, 2023 | Action, B, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Noir, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Mystery, Netflix, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Western |
Murphy is marvelous – the scene where she fires a colleague is delicious – and Hayek blazes through the episode like the superstar she is.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Apr 20, 2023 | Apple TV+ Amazon, B, Drama, Favorites, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, LA Music Scene, Music & Art, Music Scene, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
For me, the one magical moment in the series occurs when Keogh and Claflin share the mic in their first concert together.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 14, 2021 | Apple TV+ Amazon, B-, Documentary, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
The greatest movie critic of her generation. Pauline wrote the most incisive and respectful response. It was a gorgeous review of “Blade Runner”…
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Feb 1, 2022 | Criterion Collection, Hitchcock and other great movie directors, TV / Streaming |
Included are my favorite thirteen films. Four are directed by Godard, three by Truffaut, two by Renais, and one each by Chabrol, Demy, Malle, and Varda.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 30, 2022 | Criterion Collection, Hitchcock and other great movie directors, TV / Streaming |
All twenty JLM films rated to coincide with a retrospective at the Criterion Collection. This includes his masterpiece “All About Eve”.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 10, 2022 | Hitchcock and other great movie directors |
Why did a great director make so many bad movies? How could the man who made “Dog Day Afternoon” make 24 unwatchable films?
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 19, 2022 | Hitchcock and other great movie directors |
This is a good time to take a look at what is truly an incredible list: Woody Allen’s record-breaking sixteen Oscar Nominations for Best Original Screenplay.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Mar 15, 2022 | Hitchcock and other great movie directors, Uncategorized |
One masterpiece (“Taxi Driver”). Seven near masterpieces including “Raging Bull”, “Innocence” and “Irishman”. Let’s hope he never stops.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 14, 2022 | Hitchcock and other great movie directors |
Because of his naming names at the HUAC, what you think of Elia Kazan’s oeuvre depends on whether you can separate the artist from the art.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 8, 2023 | Hitchcock and other great movie directors |
For almost sixty years he was the ONLY director whose film WON Best Picture (Grand Hotel 1932) but he was NOT nominated for Best Director.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 29, 2021 | Hitchcock and other great movie directors |
Seven films in which every shot, every camera move, every editing sequence is perfect. Four of the seven movies star either Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 28, 2023 | Awards Season, Favorites, Hitchcock and other great movie directors, Oscar |
Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, John Ford, William Wyler, Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese are listed.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 21, 2022 | Hitchcock and other great movie directors |
Although Charles Laughton made only one and, therefore, final film, based on this film alone, he is of the Great Directors.
Number One: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (Sidney Lumet: 2007). Number Five: Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock: 1976).
Posted by Patrick | May 14, 2022 | Hitchcock and other great movie directors |
Here are my 50 all-time favorite horror movies from 1934 to the present.1. Psycho | 2. Midsommar | 3. The Exorcist | 4. The Shining | 5. Alien…
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 6, 2023 | A-, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), MUBI, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Walker’s film follows three teenage girls on vacation in Greece. Mia McKenna-Bruce delivers a heartbreaking performance as Tara. One of the year’s best.
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The direction of Haigh in this film is exceptional, creating an enthralling atmosphere that visually amazes the audience.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 21, 2023 | B+, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Music Biography, Netflix, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
Leaving out vast chunks of the great conductor’s life, Cooper gives a vain impersonation of a vain man while Carey Mulligan takes the acting honors.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 15, 2023 | B, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Netflix, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Both actresses are marvelous with Foster giving her best performance in decades.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 21, 2023 | B-, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television |
What was originally smart and biting becomes cliched and soppy. Wright, however, who never sets a foot wrong, keeps you watching.
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