Or when Kubrick's formal skills meet up with Sellers' genius
Jeffrey Goodman blogs about the films and albums that inspire him. And his experiences with his first feature-length film, starring Tom Sizemore and Sasha Alexander.
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Monday, December 18, 2023
Friday, December 15, 2023
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Monday, December 11, 2023
Desert Island Film 101
Friday, December 8, 2023
Desert Island Film 100
A missing predecessor for a number of 80s movies I like a great deal including Stranger Than Paradise and the first two Leos Carax features
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Desert Island Film 98
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Desert Island Film 97
Monday, December 4, 2023
Friday, December 1, 2023
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Desert Island Film 93
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Monday, November 27, 2023
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Recommendations from our 5th Reel Adventures
Friday, November 17, 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Trivia from 5th Reel Adventures
• Who directed the movie My Fair Lady?
• What is the difference between a lady and a flower girl?
• What does Pickering drink to quiet his nerves?
• What does Mr. Doolittle tell Pickering when he asks him if he has any morals?
• What does Higgins tell Mrs. Pearce to use if she can’t clean Eliza?
• What kind of flower does Freddy knock out of Eliza’s basket in the opening scene?
• Where is Higgins standing when Mr. Doolittle first comes to see him?
• What are the two subjects Higgins tells Eliza to keep to at the races?
• What nationality does Zoltan say Eliza is?
• What is the scene immediately following the Entr’acte?
• What does Higgins tell Eliza is the greatest possession we have?
• What does Higgins tell Eliza she must do to get much further with the lord?
• What does Higgins tell Mrs. Pearce to wrap Eliza in until her new clothes come?
• What does Higgins tell Eliza not to confuse if she wants to become a lady in a shop?
• Why does Higgins say Eliza should be hung?
• What opera are they leaving in the beginning?
• Who won Best Actress in 1965, for what film and why was there some controversy around this selection?
• What are all the reasons Butterman gives to explain why Pygmalion was not an obvious candidate for becoming a musical?
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Reel Adventures #5 - My Fair Lady Talk (Video Component)
Here are the six clips we showed in the order we presented them:
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Reel Adventures #5 - My Fair Lady Talk
Clip #1 of Butterman
The next reason I think Cukor was more comfortable as an interpreter was how and when he got to Hollywood. In 1929, movies converted to talkies and experienced theater directors were in demand since theater directors, far more than silent film directors, knew how to work with actors speaking words. When Cukor arrived in Hollywood, he started as a dialogue director, just helping actors get comfortable with their dialogue. In fact, the first major film he worked on was as a dialogue director on All Quiet On the Western Front.
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Desert Island Film 84
Monday, November 6, 2023
Friday, November 3, 2023
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Desert Island Film 80
A masterful noir that seems like one of the two or three biggest influences on The Godfather and on Scorsese's style
Monday, October 30, 2023
Friday, October 27, 2023
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Monday, October 23, 2023
Friday, October 20, 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Desert Island Film 71
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Desert Island Film 70
Monday, October 16, 2023
Sunday, October 15, 2023
My Current Top 50
Sunrise (1927)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Morocco (1930)
La chienne (1931)
City Lights (1931)
L’atalante (1934)
Holiday (1938)
The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Notorious (1946)
Late Spring (1949)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Stars in My Crown (1950)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Voyage in Italy (1954)
Written on the Wind (1956)
Pickpocket (1959)
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Gertrud (1964)
Pierrot le fou (1965)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Kes (1969)
La maison des bois (1971)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Alice in the Cities (1974)
The Passenger (1975)
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Blow Out (1981)
Le Pont du Nord (1981)
Boy Meets Girl (1984)
Full Moon in Paris (1984)
Where Is The Friend’s House? (1987)
Trust (1990)
Heat (1995)
Dead Man (1995)
Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)
Funny Ha Ha (2002)
Still Life (2006)
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)
In Jackson Heights (2015)
Certain Women (2017)
Let the Sunshine In (2017)
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
Friday, October 13, 2023
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Desert Island Film 67
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Desert Island Film 66
Erice's most accessible film to date. A poetic and beautiful film that explores the feelings the young have for the older generation as they discover their flaws and their humanity.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Desert Island Film 64
A fabulous new addition to trance cinema (Garrel's Regular Lovers, Dead Man, McCabe & Mrs. Miller) and a completely original approach to the biopic