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
Jun 5, 20213 min read
2021 Summer Reading Challenge: Edmond O’Brien: Everyman of Film Noir (2018)
Edmond O’Brien: Everyman of Film Noir (2018) Derek Sculthorpe McFarland & Company 246 pages Includes an appendix of O’Brien’s...
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awolverton77
Jun 3, 20211 min read
Summer Reading Challenge 2021
In today's video, I talk about the Summer Film Book Reading Challenge and the books I plan to read. I hope you'll take a look and tell me...
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awolverton77
Jun 1, 20213 min read
2021 Summer Reading Challenge: King's Ransom (1959)
Today I kick off Raquel Stecher’s 2021 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge with my first entry. If you haven’t already done so,...
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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 28, 20215 min read
Film Noir New Releases in June 2021
If you missed the new releases for May, you can find those right here. Also you can find a video version of the June new releases on my...
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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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awolverton77
Apr 30, 20219 min read
Film Noir New Releases in May 2021
If you’re new to my monthly Film Noir Releases posts, welcome! My goal is to cover all the first-time releases to Blu-ray and DVD,...
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awolverton77
Apr 25, 20213 min read
Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection - No. 3: These Are the Damned (1963)
These Are the Damned (aka The Damned, 1963) Directed by Joseph Losey Produced by Michael Carreras, Anthony Hinds, Anthony Nelson Keys...
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awolverton77
Apr 23, 202111 min read
Growing Up with Movies: The Revisionist West Through the Eyes of a Nine-Year-Old
(This examination of Frank Perry's Doc (1971) contains SPOILERS.) My local theater’s poster for Doc (1971) promised something familiar,...
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awolverton77
Apr 22, 20214 min read
The ABC Movie Challenge: A-B-C
My friend Nathan Jones recently came up with a terrific idea, the ABC Movie Challenge: Watch any unwatched Blu-rays and DVDs in your...
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awolverton77
Apr 18, 20215 min read
What I Watched in April 2021, Part I
Compared to many of my Film Twitter friends, I don’t watch all that many movies, but things got a little wild during a good part of...
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awolverton77
Apr 18, 20211 min read
Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection
As a long-term project, I'll be looking at each of the 20 films in the Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection box set from Mill Creek....
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awolverton77
Apr 13, 20217 min read
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema II
Last year I updated a review of Kino Lorber’s box set Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema from 2016. I found it interesting that Kino...
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awolverton77
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Bad Lieutenant (1992), Ordet (1955), and Flannery O'Connor
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awolverton77
Apr 6, 20212 min read
Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection - No. 2: The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964)
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964) Michael Carreras Produced and directed by Michael Carreras Screenplay by Michael Carreras, Alvin...
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awolverton77
Mar 31, 20219 min read
What I Watched in March 2021
My movie watching in March covers seven decades of film with just a handful of rewatches. I also continued my Alfred Hitchcock project,...
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