There are some opportunities that are too good to miss no matter what situation you might be in. Having an opportunity to see the film “The Greatest Show on Earth” in a movie theater is one of those opportunities. Somehow I had missed seeing this film when it came out in 1952 so in 1960 [...]
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Top Five (April 26, 2009)
April 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Top Five (4/26/09)
People always ask me what my favorite movies are. Although my Top Five list changes from time to time, these five movies will almost always be in the Top 10: Shane (1953) directed by George Stevens, with Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur. Shane is a gunfighter but he could just as easily have been a [...]
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DVD REVIEW: Alphaville
April 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Resurrected Films
ALPHAVILLE (1965), directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard; produced by Andre Michelin; director of photography, Raoul Coutard; edited by Agnes Guillemot; production design by Pierre Guffroy; music by Paul Misraki. Cast: Lemmy Caution————–Eddie Constantine Natasha von Braun———-Anna Karina Henry Dickson————–Akim Tamiroff Once upon a time there was a series of low budget French films that [...]
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Why not? I‘ve spent most of my life in the world of the moving image and it’s too late to stop now. I made movies, taught movies, and eventually reviewed movies for The Grand Rapids Press.