Happy October, Secret Movie Clubbers!
If you’ve been to a few of our in-person screenings, you’ve probably seen me, and if you’ve seen any of our recent social media posts, you’ve probably read my name. If you’ve done neither of those things…
Read More“It was the boogie man.”
“As a matter of fact, it was.”
So, I decided to watch all twelve Halloween films this month, and also blog about them for Secret Movie Club, an idea I may live to regret by mid-month, but it starts out strong with this classic…
Read MoreThis was a trailer that my friend Blake and I saw that made us really excited to see the movie, but unlike like Free Guy, which kept coming out with more and more trailers than ended up spoiling all the best bits of the movie, this stuck with just one trailer, and it was intriguing but…
Read MoreAs a filmmaker ages, one often expects for them to decline in the twilight era of their career. Seldom do they make something that would be considered one of their best.
Paul Schrader is one of the few exceptions in that age…
Read MoreIn the following decade after World War II, filmmakers around the world were faced with the scars that were left by the war, so many of them made meditations to show the beauty that was in life along with the suffering…
Read More“You are being considered for the amazing opportunity that is life.”
I have not heard a single solitary word about this movie, not a peep, not a breath. Then I listened to last week’s episode of the podcast Filmspotting…
Read More“I let the audience feel and think.” Those are the words said by the late German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who was coming out of an age in European film where intellectualism was the driving point for many filmmakers, but Fassbinder was a rebel…
Read MoreNothing is more addictive than the past.”
The trailer for this looked so good. We saw it a bunch of times, and the anticipation just kept building and building…and then we saw the movie. Sad trombone….
Read MoreThe other night I revisited Albert Lewin’s underrated gem Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, which was released 70 years ago, several decades later I was still taken in by the romantic beauty of it…
Read More“Not every sardine was meant to swim, son.”
“I don’t understand fishing metaphors!”
This is one of those movies that I am not certain why it never occurred to me to watch. When I think about it, people who like it are people to whom I have similar tastes, but for some reason…
Read MoreIn recent years one of the most sought-after filmmakers is Italian director Luca Guadagnino. With recent works that include Call Me By Your Name, a reimagining of Suspiria, an acclaimed HBO miniseries We Are Who We Are, along with upcoming projects that include Bones & All, remakes of both Scarface, and Brideshead Revisited. He’s someone who’s been recognized for his unique style, and themes, proving himself to be…
Read MoreOnce a month at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles they have Cartoon Club which is a themed collection of cartoons curated and presented by New Bev cartoon maven Jules McLean and animation historian Jerry Beck.
This has been occurring for years, to the joy of parents who want their little kids to experience classic animation of the big screen where God intended it, cartoon nerds who know all the minutia, and…
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