Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever

Gosh, this is the first time in more than a year that I've gone to a theater with, or even seen a feature-length movie with, any member...

I chose this from my Netflix list largely for its relatively short 98 minutes. As for why I had it on my list in the first place, well, for ...

I was just short of eight years old when Jim Henson died. To me, the Muppets have never been the same since. I already knew a fair bit about...

I finally decided to give Damien Chazelle another shot. Perhaps the lack of jazz would help my appreciation. And the fact that he only direc...

I knew almost nothing going in, except that Netflix recommended it when I asked for a yet-unavailable Oscar nominee. It has a higher IMDb ra...

It took me a while to understand the reason for this movie's title. The story is based pretty loosely on a Ferenc Molnár play by the sam...

I knew my dad and I would have to see this while it was still in theaters. Not only is it popular, but it loses something on a smaller scree...

Even at my most devout, I didn't watch a whole lot of Christianity-themed movies, and those I did were mostly about famous historic figu...

This has nothing to do with the 1948 U.S. film noir, let alone the Activision video game series. It's another Hiroshi Teshigahara adapta...

Hiroshi Teshigahara directed this in the wake of Woman in the Dunes , also based on a Kōbō Abe novel, so it's considered something of a ...

This is pretty rare: a movie that was highly esteemed when new, both at home and overseas, but did so poorly at the box office that the prod...

Yes, it's all one picture. The first title, used by Netflix, is from the adapted novel, but that wasn't allowed in UK theaters. The ...

On a whim, I decided to watch something playing at the AFI Silver Theater today. This French oldie was playing at a convenient time for me. ...

No, I really didn't have St. Patrick's Day in mind when I put this right after The Banshees of Inisherin in my queue. I just happen...

Making a bio about anyone this prominent is practically asking for trouble. It might tell us nothing new or fudge well-known facts. Consider...

This film is probably best known as Frank Capra's last, not for reasons of health so much as interpersonal frustration on set and dissat...

When I selected this to follow a comedy , I had forgotten that it was another comedy. I must have known at one time, because I recognize the...

My first theater outing with my parents in 16 months had to be planned pretty far in advance. What could interest them this much without re...

No, it's not another flick with a religious focus already . It's an adaptation of the Robert Heinlein time travel short story "...

An old French classic is already iffy for me; one that gets reviled in some circles is iffier still. I had planned to skip this one, until I...