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

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...

I would not have thought to see this if my friend hadn't asked to while visiting. I'm not sure I'd even heard about it before, d...

OK, so I got a head start on my war movie viewing for Memorial Day. This one may have caught my attention because of John Wayne getting an O...

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 ...

This is one of those movies I watched for education more than entertainment . It still gets cited now and then, particularly for a handful o...

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. ...

Since Netflix announced that DVD service will discontinue in September, I've decided to prioritize what's unlikely to stream. In thi...

I think the only other film I've seen set even partly in Bhutan is Little Buddha . By contrast, this one was shot entirely there, under ...

So this is how I break my Oscar nominee streak: with something the Academy would probably never honor. It is extraordinarily popular for a v...

When the 93rd Academy Awards came and went, I thought I'd never see all its Best Picture nominees -- hadn't wanted to see any of the...