Category Archives: Commentary

Micro-Genres revisited

From Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax ViewContinuing with my theme of poaching relevant material from previous social network discussions, I hope this is of interest...I enjoyed this article from the AV Club, where they asked their staff about their fave micro-genres in music and film. I'm really on board with Zack Handlen's appreciation for later…Read More

Canon we hate

A few years ago I read this post. As the second anniversary of this blog approaches, I'm digging into some fun stuff I did in the past on my social networks. For example, having read this, I asked myself: what widely accepted cultural material do I really dislike? Then I asked my friends. The question…Read More

Movie library additions

A still-to-be-completed Amazon order and a recent trip to Baltimore allowed me the opportunity to add to my DVD library. Looking forward to Michael Crichton's The Great Train Robbery and Robert Aldrich's Hustle, both of which I've never seen, and the Criterions, especially. Thrilled to have almost completed my Kubrick collection. FYI: The Baltimore DVDs…Read More

My Library

OK, so here's something different.I'd like to share with you the list of movies in my DVD (and Blu-Ray) library. The reason I'm sharing isn't for self-aggrandizement—this is a relatively modest collection: I know three people just here in Halifax who have far larger and more varied libraries. What I need is a place online…Read More

My List of Shame

I stumbled across this story today, with this link, and it gave me pause. Have I ever been coy about the movies I should have seen—as a self-declared movie nerd—but haven't? Not particularly, but then, no one's asked. Ah heh heh. So, apropos of nothing save sheer transparency, I give you 25 classics or semi-classics…Read More