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

Oh boy, direction by Robert Bresson again . This time I felt an obligation to watch because it's his most popular work. In fact, it was ...

If this title sounds bland to you, know that the surname (pronounced with a spirant like "chutzpah," as repeatedly stressed in the...

I'm disappointed in Netflix. on February 14, I expected a whole list of suggested romances to stream. The closest I found was the stand-...

From the title, I assumed that the story would take place over the course of a year. Instead, it's only a few weeks, tops. All we really...

I'd read the gist of the 1988 Alan Moore graphic novel by this title long ago: The Joker attempts to drive Gotham City Police Commission...

Hmm, only three months since my last western and five since my last serious one . But this is a bit rarer: a serious western from the late ...

It's no coincidence that I gave priority this month to a political thriller set largely at a federal government building, namely the Pen...

I finally got another disc delivery for the first time since last year . It's rather hard to coordinate the timing with streaming, so th...

I can safely say that this is the first movie I've ever seen where the main language is Yiddish, possibly with a little English mixed in...

Don't read too much into the year of release: Most of the work -- the recording, at least -- was done in the '70s, which is part of ...