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This is the last time I’ll write one of these columns (unless, of
course, someone wants to hire me to do so), but I just wanted to
mention how much fun it has been. I know that I haven’t been doing
these as frequently as I should. My real job has been taking
precedence, and now that I actually will have some time, there ...
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The Hemingway Night is a short film about the interplay of ego, friendship, and regret. The plot is fairly simple, but the interactions are anything but. Terry, a young man in his 20s, goes to visit his old friend Leon, an older guy still reeling from his recent divorce. The two decide to have a few drinks before going for ...
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Yes, it's been a while since I've done one of these. Life is busy and these take a lot of research, y'know? But this week is full of great movies on cable, so I couldn't resist making a few recommendations. After all, if I can't share this stuff with Screengrab readers, who can I share it ...
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Around is a semi-autobiographical story about a struggling film student forced to live on the mean streets of New York for a year or so. Written and directed by 25-year-old David Spaltro, Around has a visual flair that belies the fact that it was filmed on the cheap and financed by credit cards. It’s a good-looking movie, beautifully ...
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In 1977, Martin Scorsese made a short film about his friend Steven Prince. American Boy is a remarkably simple movie. There’s a scene of Scorsese and Prince goofing around in a hot tub at the very beginning of the film. There’s a few home movies of Prince as a little boy that are interspersed throughout the film. There’s a ...
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I'm having to break my pledge to stick to a handful of movies per week.
Because this week is just so freakin' chock-full of goodness! It's so
movie-riffic that it would be absurd for me to try to cut it down to
three or four. I don't remember being made the Mayor Of Television,
but since there's no other ...
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What a strange and marvelous weekend of movie viewing that cable tv is promising! One could even call it felliniesque, should one be so inclined. In fact, after the third part of Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy, it's all Fellini for the rest of the weekend. So you'd best bring your sense of wonder and delight, open ...
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To keep you busy through the weekend, cable tv has a few movies worth
watching. One is most decidedly not a good movie, but it's a stunning
failure. The second has an interesting story behind it, at least, but
I don't know if it's a good movie. The third is one of the best movies
ever made. Choose ...
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What promising movies, you may well ask, does TV have to offer this weekend? Well, I may well answer, there's the second part of a samurai epic, there's Tom Stoppard's deconstruction of Hamlet, and then there's a meditation on alienation in Swinging London! Wowee!, you may exclaim. Keep it down, I might reply, ...
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Apologies for the lateness of the hour, but I quickly wanted to mention that TCM is showing Jacques Tati's utterly delightful Mon Oncle tomorrow (Wed, 2/11) at 12:30 pm central/1:30 pm eastern. Tati reprises his role as Monsieur Hulot, the bumbling and well-meaning holy fool he previously played in M. Hulot's Holiday and would play again ...
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