AFI Top 100 Discussion: The African Queen
Today on AFI Top 100 Discussion, Jon and I are discussing John Huston’s 1951 adventure film, The African Queen. Telling the story of an upright English missionary (Rose, played by […]
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What I Watched: March 2017
March, or “yay! no more Oscars!” month. I had a good time catching up on stuff that didn’t particularly have to do with current cinema or at least cinema in […]
AFI Top 100 Discussion: The Gold Rush
AFI Top 100 Discussion is a series of posts dedicated to dialogues concerning the best of American Cinema as designated by the American Film Institute. Jon Harrison of A Cinematic Odyssey and […]
The X-Files S1, E21: “Tooms”
I’ve been delving into the popular sci-fi series The X-Files for a while now, making many attempts and failures to engage with its first season. Since the summer, and I’ve […]
As Tears Go By
It’s always interesting to see the first effort from a director you’ve come to know and love. Sometimes filmmakers seem to start off strong and then trail off or give […]
The Grandmaster
I feel as if I’ve started or ending with this statement in so many of my reviews it should just be a given by now and I should stop pointing […]
The X-Files S1, E20: “Darkness Falls”
I’ve been delving into the popular sci-fi series The X-Files for a while now, making many attempts and failures to engage with its first season. Since the summer, and I’ve […]
2046
2046 can pretty easily be thought of as the sequel to Wong Kar-Wai’s previous film, In the Mood for Love. It’s more sprawling, the character of Chow played by Tony […]
The X-Files S1, E19: “Shapes”
I’ve been delving into the popular sci-fi series The X-Files for a while now, making many attempts and failures to engage with its first season. Since the summer, and I’ve […]
In the Mood for Love
I feel as if In the Mood for Love is just about impossible to write about. A lot of films benefit from a lot of analysis, making what you see […]
The Soul of the Plot 