(2009) dir. Anand Tucker
viewed: 02/16/10
The final part of the Red Riding Trilogy, Red Riding: 1983 wraps up the narratives of Red Riding: 1974 (2009) and Red Riding: 1980 (2009), though with much more focus on 1974 than the other. As with the other films, this one is adapted from the final book of David Peace’s [...]
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Red Riding: 1983
Red Riding: 1980
(2009) dir. James Marsh
viewed: 02/10/10
Red Riding: 1980 is the second of the film trilogy Red Riding made initially for England’s Channel 4. This installment is directed by James Marsh (Man on Wire (2008)) and follows Red Riding: 1974. While the whole series, adapted by Tony Grisoni from a series of books by David Peace, follows [...]
Red Riding: 1974
(2009) dir. Julian Jarrold
viewed: 02/10/10
Red Riding: 1974is the first of a trilogy of films made for the British Channel 4 and now being released theatrically (and on On Demand) here in the United States. It’s a series of adaptations from a four book series by English crime writer David Peace, covering a nine year stretch [...]
Police, Adjective
(2009) dir. Corneliu Porumboiu
viewed: 01/29/10
The Romanian New Wave, anyone?
Well, outside of The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), I can’t claim any experience with it, despite the fact that director Corneliu Porumboiu’s 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) and Christian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) have had the buzz that typically draws one to [...]
Never Say Never Again
(1983) dir. Irvin Kershner
viewed: 08/12/07
Part two of my little television broadcast James Bond/Sean Connery double feature, care of Mexican television. These movies were broadcast en Ingles con subtitles. This was an interesting film to show in contrast with Dr. No (1962) being Connery´s reprisal and final portrayal of James bond versus Dr. No `s first appearance.
Directed by [...]
Dr. No
(1962) dir. Terence Young
viewed: 08/12/07
Kicking back on holiday in Mexico for me isn´t always about seeking out the beach or trying to cull the amount of culture that I can lay my hands on. Vacation is also about relaxing and chilling out. And when I stumbled on the showings of two James Bond flicks yesterday, [...]
El Dorado
(1966) dir. Howard Hawks
viewed: 08/27/06
I, as I often have stated here, hate watching movies on broadcast television and almost utterly refuse to do so. So, why I decided to watch Howard Hawks’ El Dorado, I can only say that I happened to catch it coming on and decided to stick with it. AMC used to [...]
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
(2002) dir. George Lucas
viewed: 05/22/05
Ah,…Star Wars.
As a general rule, I won’t watch anything in an “edited-for-television” mode. But with Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) just released and my impending trip to the theater to see it, I was thinking that it would be good to revisit the 2nd …or is [...]
After Hours
(1985) dir. Martin Scorsese
viewed: 07/06/02
After Hours was made to be a cult film, one would think.
I certainly adopted it as such as a teenager when I first saw it. I remember going to watch it in the theater and, liking it so much, I coerced some friends to watch it again. Even back in my [...]
Escape From New York
(1981) dir. John CarpenterThe thing about cable is the randomness of what is being shown. It’s always a crapshoot, usually offering up, just plain crap. This was a rare exception, a film that I liked that was coming on at a time that I could watch it. At 99 minutes, it’s a pretty tight little [...]
