Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Probably Not Today, But It Is Pretty Out ThereThe Loved One (1965) - An over the top satire of both the American way of life, and death. A star studded cast thrashes through a script that guarantees it has "something to offend everyone".Directed by Tony RichardsonStarring Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Rod Steiger, James Coburn, John... Continue Reading →
Just Do Whatever the Very Tall, Very Angry Lady WantsAttack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) - Nancy Archer has had a bad couple of days. Her cheating husband is fooling around with another woman, aliens in a UFO assaulted her and someone tried to kill her! The result is a sudden spurt in her... Continue Reading →
Three Men, Two Cars, One WomanTwo-Lane Blacktop (1971) - Two drifters in a ‘55 Chevy drag racer travel the country looking to hustle local hot rods for money. When they pick up a pretty young hitchhiker, their carefully balanced life falls apart.Directed by Monte HellmanStarring James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, Laurie BirdWhy I Liked... Continue Reading →
Real Mail, Not That Modern Electronic StuffThe Shop Around The Corner (1940) - Two employees at a small gift store are constantly at odds with one another. They don’t realize that they are also secret pen pals. They’ve fallen in love with their anonymous correspondents as they argue their ways through the workday.Directed... Continue Reading →
They'll Steal Your Stuff and Pin A Murder On You House By The River (1950) - Stephen Byrne has whined and connived his way out of problems his entire life. His brother John has rescued him time and again. But when Stephen kills the maid when she resists his advances, things swing quickly out of control. ... Continue Reading →
Who Knew It Would Lead to Blood?The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) - It’s 1923 on the island of Inisherin, a tiny dot off the west coast of Ireland. With no warning, Colm Doherty announces he no longer wants to be friends with the younger Padraic Sullieabhain. Padraic is stunned and keeps bothering his older friend... Continue Reading →
Not All ‘40s-‘50s Detective Movies Are NoirDetective Story (1951) - A police detective is driven by a binary understanding of justice. There is no gray, only black and white. And there’s no stepping back over the line. That world view will drive his own life into the ultimate crisis.Directed by William WylerStarring Kirk Douglas, Eleanor... Continue Reading →
Of Movies and Afternoons On the Living Room FloorThe Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) - Sergeant John Stryker is a driven, hated, inflexible leader of a squad of young Marines headed into battle during World War II. When their boots hit the sands of a tiny island in the Pacific, both the source of his... Continue Reading →
But I Want to Hear Them FirstGet Low (2009) - Felix Bush is a hermit who knows two things. First, everyone in town hates him as much as he hates them. The second is that his time is coming. But he wants to hear the stories people will tell about him. There’s also a story... Continue Reading →
The Beauty of the BanalLife Is Sweet (1990) - A working-class London family tries to live their lives day to day. Dad's vivid imagination lets him survive a job he hates. Mom is the family optimist and their twin twenty-something daughters struggle with life in general.Directed by Mike LeighStarring Jim Broadbent, Alison Steadman, Claire Skinner,... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 