Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Favorite (four), sixty-eight

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Just like in my other sixty-seven posts in this series, I want to take a second to single out the highlights of my recent film viewing.  Mos...
Sunday, April 5, 2020

Favorite (four), sixty-seven

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Just like in my other sixty-six posts in this series, I want to take a second to single out the highlights of my recent film viewing.  Most ...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

Favorite (four), sixty-six

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Just like in my other sixty-five posts in this series, I want to take a second to single out the highlights of my recent film viewing.  Most...
Friday, March 27, 2020

Favorite (four), sixty-five

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Just like in my other sixty-four posts in this series, I want to take a second to single out the highlights of my recent film viewing.  Most...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Favorite (four), sixty-four

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Just like in my other sixty-three posts in this series, I want to take a second to single out the highlights of my recent film viewing.  M...
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Sunday, January 5, 2020

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)

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I would call this the first Ozu sound masterpiece, and arguably his greatest film up to this point in his career.  Emotionally and themati...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Favorite (four), sixty-three

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Just like in my other sixty-tw0 posts in this series, I want to take a second to single out the highlights of my recent film viewing.  Mos...
Saturday, December 28, 2019

What Did the Lady Forget (1937)

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By the time Ozu made his second talkie, he already seems more comfortable with the addition of sound to his cinema.  There is none of the aw...
Friday, December 27, 2019

My Top Films Seen in 2019

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It was an unusually strong year for a few well-known American filmmakers, all working at the height of their skills and talent.   I wasn...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Films Seen in 2019

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It was a very satisfying year of films.  I wish I had seen more but here is what I was able to take in this year. 1/2 A Paris Education ...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

The Only Son (1936)

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The first of Ozu talkies is full of interesting items to consider.  First, the beginning seems to find Ozu in full experimental mode, not as...
Sunday, December 15, 2019

An Inn in Tokyo (1935)

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I picked up yesterday on the series I first began on May 14, 2015 and last wrote about on April 19, 2019.  Not much has changed, as far as...
Sunday, December 8, 2019

Favorite Films of the Decade

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When I look back on the last decade I am reminded by the number of films that left me astounded by their rigor, their boldness and their tre...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

Favorite (four), sixty-two

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Just like in my other sixty-one posts in this series, I want to take a second to single out the highlights of my recent film viewing.  Mos...
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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Ad Astra

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Ad Astra impressed me more than any American film since The Tree of Life.  It is everything I ever hoped James Gray would make one day, an...
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