First we begin with the casting: perfect. Setting aside for the moment what Mr. Poitier has brought to the American socio-political consciousness, he is physically perfect for Mr. Tibbs. He is handsome, tall, fit, and […]
Category: CLASSICS
Bullitt/In The Heat of the Night
These classic American films, released just within a year of each other, are noted for some well set-up scenes: in Bullitt, it’s The Car Chase, and in In The Heat of the Night, The Slap […]
Soapdish (1991)
I miss American comedies like these: sharp, well-written, clever, straightforward. It seems to me that recent mainstream comedies are cast with character impersonators rather than actors with good comedic timing. I suppose what I mean […]
I Vitelloni (1953)
Watching La Dolce Vita on the big screen left me wanting more…so I watched I Vitelloni, one of Fellini’s earliest films. A commercial and critical success, the quasi-autobiographical movie follows a year in the life […]
Metropolitan (1990): A New York Fantasy
I own a copy of Metropolitan, the first of the Whit Stillman trilogy that includes Barcelona and the Last Days of Disco. This is one of those films I can watch again and again, and […]
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