4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 27, 2018

It’s like being in a long dark tunnel…the way you look and act and talk. ~ Gail Russel as Gilly From its very foreboding outset, there’s no question that Frank Borzage’s Moonrise could be characterized as film-noir. Everything suggests as much from the scoring to the stylize   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on October 3, 2015

Oct 3 Posted by aaronwest Aaron, Mark and David Blakeslee talk about Moonrise Kingdom, which ties closely to personal events in David’s life that he was generous to share with us. We also discuss the dichotomy of Wes Anderson. Why is he such a divisive director? What is it about...   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on October 3, 2015

Oct 3 Posted by aaronwest Aaron, Mark and David Blakeslee talk about Moonrise Kingdom, which ties closely to personal events in David’s life that he was generous to share with us. We also discuss the dichotomy of Wes Anderson. Why is he such a divisive director? What is it about...   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on October 3, 2015

Oct 3 Posted by aaronwest Aaron, Mark and David Blakeslee talk about Moonrise Kingdom, which ties closely to personal events in David’s life that he was generous to share with us. We also discuss the dichotomy of Wes Anderson. Why is he such a divisive director? What is it about...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 9, 2015

Here is a low budget yet artistic film from Frank Borzage. I will be honest that I had never heard of Borzage before a year or two ago and he seems to have lost some of the respect he had early on in the 20th century. The same can be...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 9, 2015

Here is a low budget yet artistic film from Frank Borzage. I will be honest that I had never heard of Borzage before a year or two ago and he seems to have lost some of the respect he had early on in the 20th century. The same can be...   read more

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on March 6, 2013

The biggest treat last the summer was Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom.  It is a sweet, nostalgic story of a twelve-year-old couple who run away together, and the search party looking for them, on a small New England island in the 1960s.  Among the a large cast of young actors are...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on June 23, 2012

Wes Anderson’s film Moonrise Kingdom, which will be reviewed here shortly (Hint: I liked it), features six fictitious books that are Suzy’s (Kara Hayward) favorites and she reads from constantly. Aside from having a heroine who is an avid reader, thus encouraging reading in general, the   read more