Monthly Archives: October 2019

Long, poetic, expertly filmed scene backed by a hypnotic score of a group of horsemen crossing a river .

Rita Hayworth at her sexiest. Marvelous toss of hair as she come into the frame after being introduced.

Minnesota dialogue at its purest. Catch the final comments about the weather from two men wearing parkas, boots, and thick gloves.

Charles Bukowski is not to everyone’s taste, but stands as one of a kind among good writers. Factotum is one of his few novels. Barfly. a film collage expertly assembled by director Barbet Schroeder, has Mickey Rourke as Bukowski. Here … Continue reading →

Edge of the World turned me into an instant fan of director Michael Powell. It’s just me, but there’s something epic, godlike about the people sailing by the deserted island. I need to see the Blu-Ray version of this.