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

This may be the first time in eight years that I attended the Latin American Film Festival at AFI. It took my parents' invitation to ge...

The fact that most if not all of the major characters in this picture use the actors' real names led me to assume that it was an indie ....

This makes the fifth collaboration of Marlene Dietrich and director Josef von Sternberg that I've seen. Ordinarily, I wouldn't watch...

I didn't remember whether this was supposed to be good, but its 118-minute run made it seem a decent choice to keep me occupied while do...

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 had seen several movies written by David Mamet but none directed by him. This one was probably recommended to me because more than one rev...

I picked this not so much for promising entertainment as for a lesson in influence. People credit it with launching the buddy cop subgenre, ...

I don't remember hearing about this story before, but I can guess why I added it to my queue. Family-friendly Irish fantasies have a goo...

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...

I had seen a dozen Coen brothers movies. My overall impression was that they are very skilled at the craft, whether going goofy or gritty, b...