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

No connection to the subject of Hamilton here. It's another historical figure from around the same era: Emma Hamilton. Even if her name ...

Another Argentine film in the same month?  What can I say?  The Latin American Film Festival  is still going, and I had a Meetup invitation....

Well, what do you know: I saw another Andrei Tarkovsky picture after all. Admittedly, I missed his name when I selected it, but there's ...

I didn't think I'd care to see a political comedy-drama on screen after getting so much of it in reality lately. But when Spencer Tr...

I said before that I couldn't really characterize William Wyler's directorial style. Now I must be getting the hang of it, because a...

I briefly visited Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 2012. It was a mostly pleasant visit, but I recall, in a seemingly quiet and pretty neighborhood, t...

This film is notable in part for inspiring the name of Barack Obama's mother, Stanley. Many viewers, as well as readers of the original ...

I saw this screening at AFI almost on a whim -- and almost talked myself out of it, because I've been apprehensive about it since it was...

I must be a junkie for popular flicks. All I knew when I rented this one was its placement on IMDb's top 250. The opening credits in Spa...

Mr. Arkadin  (ar KAH din) is notorious for having an especially problematic production, even for one featuring and directed by Orson Welles....