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awolverton77
May 5, 20222 min read
Announcing My New Book: Men Don't Read (with MORE Updates!)
I'm delighted to announce the publication of my first book, Men Don't Read: The Unlikely Story of the Guys Book Club. No, it's not about...
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awolverton77
Apr 26, 20221 min read
Film Noir New Releases for May 2022
Right now I'm only posting the video version of my report on new releases in film noir and neo-noir. Thanks for watching!
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awolverton77
Apr 18, 20223 min read
Forgotten Film Noir? The Big Operator (1959)
The Big Operator (1959) Charles F. Haas If you'd rather watch this review, here you go: Recycling? Not a new thing, not at all. Movie...
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awolverton77
Apr 1, 20225 min read
Film Noir New Releases for April 2022
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
Mar 15, 20224 min read
Fantasy, Reality, Love, and Tragedy in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Veronika Voss (1982)
Veronika Voss (1982) Rainer Werner Fassbinder One of the great pleasures of watching movies is the sense of discovery, particularly with...
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awolverton77
Mar 9, 20224 min read
My Most Important Movie of the Year? Mon Oncle (1958)
Mon Oncle (1958) directed by Jacques Tati I usually don’t get this personal in my reviews, and certainly not this early in the post, but...
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awolverton77
Mar 1, 20221 min read
What I Watched in February 2022
As I mentioned last month, my "What I Watched" postings, will be very stripped down this year. You'll see that February was a pretty slim...
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awolverton77
Feb 28, 20227 min read
Film Noir New Releases for March 2022
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
Feb 27, 20223 min read
Let's Talk About Roger Ebert...
A few days ago I posted an announcement on social media that our library’s next virtual movie discussion was open for registration. On...
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awolverton77
Feb 1, 20221 min read
What I Watched in January 2022
Today's posting, as well as future "What I Watched" postings, will be very stripped down. Time is tight these days, and I wish I could go...
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awolverton77
Jan 28, 20227 min read
Film Noir New Releases for February 2022
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
Jan 7, 20221 min read
Growing Up with Movies: The Video Editions
For a few years now, I've been writing the occasional blog post about my experiences growing up with movies. Today I'm beginning a video...
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awolverton77
Jan 5, 20226 min read
Film Noir New Releases for January 2022
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
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 14, 20214 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: The 1990s
(Here's last year's look at the '80s and '90s.) I saw so few movies during the 1990s that practically everything is new to me, so you’ll...
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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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