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awolverton77
Dec 24, 20213 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: My Top 10
At the end of each year I try to compile all the movies I spent the most time thinking about through the year. These aren’t necessarily...
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awolverton77
Dec 24, 20218 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: Film Noir
(Last year's Part I and Part II) A brief introduction: I watched a fair amount of film noir in 2021, but not nearly as many as I saw in...
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awolverton77
Dec 23, 20217 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: Westerns
Last year's westerns I don’t know exactly when I picked up my newfound interest in westerns, but I suspect it had something to do with...
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awolverton77
Dec 19, 20217 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: SF and Horror
(Last year's discoveries) I place science fiction and horror together since they were often connected in the days of early cinema, a time...
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awolverton77
Dec 15, 20216 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: The 2000s
(Last year's list here) If you know me, you know that most of my movie-watching consists of films from 40, 50, 60 or more years ago. I...
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awolverton77
Dec 13, 20214 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: The 1980s
(Here's last year's look at the '80s and '90s.) Only in the past few years have I come to appreciate the 1980s. It wasn’t all bad hair...
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awolverton77
Sep 29, 20215 min read
What I Watched in September 2021
I’m doing things a little different for the next two months. Since I decided to participate in Hooptober (which you could start on...
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awolverton77
Sep 11, 20218 min read
A Film Noir Disguised as a Western? An Exploration of Quantez (1957)
Quantez (1957) Directed by Harry Keller Produced by Gordon Kay Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell Story by Anne Edwards, R. Wright Campbell...
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awolverton77
Sep 1, 20216 min read
What I Watched in August 2021, Part Two
Here’s Part One of my August 2021 viewing. Part Two features a lot of “D” movies, horror, film noir, neo-noir, a Western, and Jane...
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awolverton77
Aug 29, 20216 min read
What I Watched in August 2021, Part One
August has been a good month so far, and although I saw only one truly great film (which I'll cover next time), there were plenty of...
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awolverton77
Aug 26, 20214 min read
The Alfred Hitchcock Project #12: Murder! (1930) and Mary (1931)
Murder! (1930) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Produced by John Maxwell (uncredited, 6-11) Written by Alfred Hitchcock, Walter Mycroft, Alma...
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awolverton77
Aug 1, 20219 min read
What I Watched in July 2021
July was a busy month with two Boris Karloff pictures, two Ray Milland movies (both directed by John Farrow), films from Luis García...
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awolverton77
Jul 9, 20213 min read
Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection - No. 5: The Old Dark House (1963)
The Old Dark House (1963) Directed by William Castle Produced by William Castle and Anthony Hinds Screenplay by Robert Dillon Based on...
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awolverton77
Jul 1, 20216 min read
What I Watched in June 2021
As usual, I watched a little bit of everything in June, leaning heavily on the 1970s and quite a few gambling pictures. So let's roll the...
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awolverton77
Jun 11, 20214 min read
The ABC Movie Challenge: D-E-F
Continuing the challenge first suggested by Nathan Jones, I’m bringing to you the next three movies starting with the letters D, E, and...
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awolverton77
Jun 6, 20218 min read
La Flor (2018): Masterpiece, Exercise in Pretension, a 13-Hour Experiment, or the Future of Cinema?
La Flor (2018) Written and directed by Mariano Llinás Produced by Laura Citarella Cinematography by Agustin Mendilaharzu Edited by Alejo...
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awolverton77
May 31, 202110 min read
What I Watched in May 2021
You won’t see many films in my list from May, partly due to a family emergency and partly due to a vacation. It was a month of contrasts,...
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awolverton77
May 16, 20215 min read
The Alfred Hitchcock Project #10: Blackmail (1929)
Blackmail (1929) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Produced by John Maxwell (6, 7, 8, 9) Screenplay by Alfred Hitchcock (adaptation), Benn W....
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awolverton77
May 12, 20213 min read
Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection - No. 4: The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (aka House of Fright, aka Jekyll’s Inferno,1960) Directed by Terence Fisher Produced by Michael Carreras...
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awolverton77
May 1, 20215 min read
What I Watched in April 2021, Part II
If you missed the first part of my April 2021 viewing, you can find it here. Gideon’s Day (aka Gideon of Scotland Yard, 1958) John Ford...
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