Happy Birthday Akira Kurosawa
Since I need to post something for Kurosawa’s birthday, in any year when I remember it (or I’m reminded about it): Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies
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Doctor Strange
One of the nice things that usually happens whenever Marvel or DC release a new superhero movie is that they reprint some old comics featuring that particular hero. Also, Comixology […]
Civil War
I went to see Civil War yesterday afternoon. (I took a half-day off from work.) I enjoyed it a lot. I like that the Marvel film universe has matured to […]
Old School Kung Fu Fest
http://metrograph.com/series/series/12/6th-old-school-kung-fu-fest This is definitely what I’d be doing this weekend, if I didn’t have a cold…
Kurosawa on TCM
Earlier this week, TCM had a little marathon of Akira Kurosawa movies. I caught them all with a WishList search that I set up when I first got my TiVo […]
Pee-wee’s Big Comeback
I just finished reading a long NY Times Magazine article about Pee-wee Herman, and his new movie. I was a big fan of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, back when it was running […]
No More Ziegfeld
I’m really disappointed to hear (from this NY Times article) that the Ziegfeld Theater is closing. I haven’t been there in a while, but it’s a great theater and I’ve […]
Monty Python
I went into New York today, and saw a couple of Monty Python films, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. I saw Life of Brian (which I hadn’t seen […]
Thanksgiving weekend
I spent Thanksgiving day with a friend’s family. It was a good day, but pretty loud and chaotic, which is to be expected when you put sixteen people (including three […]
Father’s Day
In honor of Father’s Day, here’s a re-post of a quote from How Green Was My Valley, that I originally posted a few years back: There is no fence nor […]