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This will likely be movie week as I try to catch on posting about movies I’ve seen recently and over the past few months. This movie hits a trifecta of associations: Continuing with my erratic foreign movie posts for this year—for more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign […]
Still from 30 Door Key‘s face-pulling sceneI was unable to find a copy of 30 Door Key, the 1991 English adaptation of Ferdydurke directed by Jerzy Skolimowski (who just directed The Avengers) and starring Iain Glen and Crispin Glover. All copies available on WorldCat were at institutions that don’t participate in interlibrary loans for audiovisual […]
Continuing with my erratic movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. Another post about a film adaptation of a recent book I’ve read… The IMDb.com page for Wierna rzeka provides the summary: Set during the insurgency of 1863, the […]
I don’t believe any of the Transatlantic Sessions are on “instant” view but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy parts of the series. I’m focusing on the first sessions since I enjoy them the most. Many of these performances can be found on YouTube in varying degrees of quality. The intro for the first series: […]
I skipped the release of 2010’s Robin Hood (with Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett), but had it on as background noise recently. When I heard the following lines, though, I became more interested…well, for a few minutes anyway. Rarely does a version of Robin Hood portray Richard Coeur-de-Lion in this light: King Richard The Lionheart: […]
Senna’s remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of SENNA, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend’s years as an F1 driver. Far more than a film for F1 fans, SENNA unfolds a […]
Mariusz Dmochowski as Stanisław WokulskiContinuing with my sort-of-biweekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. I am always interested in watching movie adaptations of books I’ve read and enjoy passing along the ones I watch. In the case […]
If you have access to Netflix streaming be sure to check out Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers, in particular the 20 minute “Street of Crocodiles” (versions of this are available on YouTube, too). The Bruno Schulz story of the title focuses on deceit—fabrications by others and by the self. Starting with […]
Continuing with my sort-of-biweekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. Wojciech Jerzy Has based this movie on parts of Bruno Schulz’s stories, using “The Sanatorium at the Sign of the Hourglass” as the framework on which to […]
The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane: The Passing Show The movie is flawed…major changes in his career are elided over, either assuming you know the story or just to downplay the negative part of his life. Yet the film is extremely enjoyable. Catch it while it’s on instant view on Netflix. (Hat tip: the […]
Continuing with my sort-of-biweekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. Jiří Menzel’s movie based on Vladislav Vančura’s Summer of Caprice highlights the “cinema ready” nature of Vančura’s novel. Menzel changed little, following much of the book. From […]
Continuing with my sort-of-biweekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. Note: See this post for more detail on the play and storyline. The elegantly structured Arthur Schnitzler play La Ronde lends itself to a movie adaptation and […]
Continuing with my sort-of-biweekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. The IMDb.com page for this movie can be found here. The The movie site has (had…link dead) additional information and media available. This falls outside what I […]
Fernando Fernán Gómez as Don Rodrigo de Arista Potestad in The GrandfatherMovie based on the novel by Benito Pérez Galdós (1897) and his stage play (1904) of the same name. Continuing with my sort-of-biweekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign […]
Update (21 Feb 2012): I couldn’t resist reposting this photo from radiotimes.com. No additional info on airing dates, etc. Original Post (21 Sep 2011) I felt happy while downloading the BBC podcasts of Life and Fate (more on this in *intended* upcoming posts) but this notice makes me giddy. Well, at least what I imagine […]
Continuing with my sort-of-bi-weekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. The IMDb.com page for this movie can be found here. Bohumil Hrabal has been a favorite author of mine recently. Adapted for the screen by Hrabal and […]
For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. The IMDb.com page for this movie can be found here. I usually enjoy the Sunday night movies on TCM—they’re one of the few things I record. This one was on a few weeks ago and I finally […]
Links: The IMDb.com page for Szindbád My notes on The Adventures of Sindbad by Gyula Krúdy, the source for the movie (and recommended if you’re unfamiliar with Krúdy’s work). How do you adapt Krúdy’s surreal, atmospheric work to the screen? The easy answer is very carefully. The more involved answer would be something like director […]
Picture source A King At Night at biblioklept.org has done a terrific job piecing together the story within Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. Or maybe one of the stories within the movie. It’s funny to read the post and realize how slight a storyline can end up as such a powerful film. I also […]
I want to mention the scheduled showing of The Story of Temple Drake (1933) on TCM at 8pm (Eastern) on September 14. Based on William Faulkner’s Sanctuary, which he described as a “potboiler” (although how much he meant that is debatable), I’m anxious to see the version TCM will show. The movie, filmed pre-Hays code, […]