Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street”
I hope that the reader will allow me to offer a dissenting view of Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.” It’s too long, much of it is boring, and considered even as satire or black comedy it is unconvincing. I did laugh heartily at a few points in the movie, in particular at the […]
Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island”
I have often said to friends and acquaintances that I think Martin Scorsese is a hugely overrated director. “Goodfellas,” which I recently watched for the second or third time, chronicles the history of people so repulsive that one hardly knows where to begin. Scorsese has given the phrase “banality of evil” new meaning, and he […]
“Accidental Husband” – should have been aborted
“Accidental Husband” is a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Griffin Dunne and used as a star vehicle for Uma Thurman, but it also enjoys the presence of Colin Firth and Isabella Rosellini in supporting roles. It was released to theaters in the UK but went direct to DVD in the US because its distributor went […]
A Serious Man – an existentialist movie?
We just saw “A Serious Man” in English at one of our local theaters, in a sparsely attended screening. We tend to be more than a year behind in our viewing of films. Now I have read seven or eight reviews of the movie. I don’t want to say too much about it until I […]
Movie Review, Lakeview Terrace
This post contains a review of the movie “Lakeview Terrace” (2008), starring Samuel Jackson. The post contains plot spoilers. I recommend the movie, with some reservations. It would be better to have seen the movie than to read this post before watching the movie. The movie, in my judgment, is first about race, second about […]
“Human Desire,” starring Glenn Ford
Ask, and it shall be answered. We recently watched “Human Desire” (1954) on Turner Movie Classics, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Broderick Crawford and directed by Fritz Lang. The film is based upon Zola’s “La bête humaine.” Somehow watching an American film noir with French subtitles in the middle of the night in the […]
Movies, an introductory post
I have always loved the movies, since I was five or six years old and attended double-feature matinees in the local theater in Columbus, Ohio. And I loved watching movies on television as a child, especially late at night when my parents were out. I associate this experience with Glenn Ford, for some reason. More […]