This is the fourth and final film for the November selections of the 1001 Movies Club. Click here to read other club members’ reviews of this, and the other films we watched in November.
Not that any of my reviews are that well thought out, or interesting, but I’ll admit I’m pretty lackluster about this [...]
Entries Tagged as '1001 Movie Club'
1001 Movie Club: Vampyr
December 2nd, 2009 3 Comments
Tags: 1001 Movie Club · Carl Theodor Dryer · Vampyr
1001 Movie Club: Requiem for a Dream
November 30th, 2009 8 Comments
It’s time for the third installment of first month of the 1001 Movie Club. Of the four films we watched in November, Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream is my favorite. It’s the director’s first film after Pi which put him on the map in a very, very good way.
The script was adapted for [...]
Tags: 1001 Movie Club · Darren Aronofsky · Ellen Burnstyn · Hubert Selby Jr. · Jared Leto · Jennifer Connelly · Marlon Wayans · Requiem for a Dream
1001 Movie Club: Raising Arizona
November 29th, 2009 2 Comments
This is the second post for the 1001 Movies You Must See Club. And it was actually my pick. Which makes the fact that I hated Raising Arizona extra annoying. To all those of the film club that didn’t like this movie, I apologize and promise to make better picks in the future.
The [...]
Tags: 1001 Movie Club · Ethan Coen · Frances McDormand · Holly Hunter · Joel Coen · John Goodman · Raising Arizona
1001 Movie Club: The Apartment
November 23rd, 2009 2 Comments
I, for one, tend to avoid comedies made before 1990. I find it difficult to appreciate time-sensitive humor. What was funny in 1960, is rarely funny to me now. So I when committing to watch The Apartment, I was interested in seeing how I would feel about it.
The film is directed by [...]
Tags: 1001 Movie Club · Billy Wilder · Fred MacMurray · I.A.L. Diamond · Jack Lemmon · Sherley MacLaine
