Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on February 12, 2020

Shame (Skammen) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Written by Ingmar Bergman 1968/Sweden IMDb link Repeat viewing/Criterion Channel One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die A beautiful but absolutely harrowing look at two troubled people whose troubles are made worse by a brutal Civil War.  One of Ber   read more

Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on March 5, 2017

I’m proud and honored to be the very first guest on Cinema Shame, a new podcast where movie lovers talk about iconic films they haven’t seen — and why. You may recognize host Jay Patrick from his work as the evil mastermind behind the James Bond Social Media Project and as...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on March 27, 2016

Street of Shame (Akasen chitai) Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Written by Masashige Narusawa from a novel by Yoshiko Shibake 1956/Japan Daiei Studios First viewing/Netflix rental Mizoguchi’s swan song is one of his best efforts. The story takes place against the background of the Japanese Di   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 17, 2015

Gangsters, prohibition, Al Capone, the St. Valentine Day’s Massacre. It all sounds like some distant piece of folklore that by now is far removed from our modern day sensibilities. But when films like The Public Enemy, Little Caesar, and of course Scarface came out, these things were at the fo   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 17, 2015

Gangsters, prohibition, Al Capone, the St. Valentine Day’s Massacre. It all sounds like some distant piece of folklore that by now is far removed from our modern day sensibilities. But when films like The Public Enemy, Little Caesar, and of course Scarface came out, these things were at the fo   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on July 27, 2015

Shame has three or four sections. Director Bergman doesn’t draw a lot of attention to the transition between the first parts, he hides it in the narrative. Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow are a married couple living on an island following a war. Not much information about the war,...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on September 2, 2013

Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011) This second collaboration of actor-director Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen is a fascinating tale of the modern day sickness of sex addiction of the emptiness and the isolation of the post-modern world. Brandon (Fassbender) is a successful executive living in New Yo   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on July 21, 2013

Gerhard Ritterband plays the naughty apprentice in Ernst Lubitsch’s comedy The Doll. He has ruined the doll of the title and threatens to commit… well, not exactly suicide since the window is on the first floor… The icing on the cake is the fact that he concludes the whole routin   read more

Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on March 9, 2013

Crime and criminals have been the focus of motion pictures since the birth of the medium.  However, it wasn’t until the sound era (the 1930s) that gangster films truly became an entertaining, popular way to attract audiences to theaters for a “full” experience, one might say.  The   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 26, 2012

Shame aka Skammen (Ingmar Bergman, 1968) Through the 1950’s and 1960’s, Ingmar Bergman kept a pace of a film per year almost like a Woody Allen of its time. Nowadays, Allen is more of a hit or miss case with his more recent films. In the case of Bergman, it...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on January 20, 2012

So if you’re not aware (or haven’t read my About Me section) I’m the movie editor for the fantastic CC2KOnline.  I’ll start posting my reviews and latest stories here for all you readers and the second (the first being my Top 10 Best Movies of the Year…go check it out!)   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on October 13, 2010

One of my guilty-pleasure shows is Glee. It’s not the best show on television (not by a long shot), but it’s an enjoyable distraction nonetheless. I like the musical numbers and the interaction between the too-adorable-for-reality cast members, particularly Chris Colfer’s delicious   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

I'm chipping away at my 2019 Cinema Shame challenge. This year I gave myself the goal to watch 10 movies from my birth year 1980 for the very first time. I'm hoping I can tackle a few reviews this summer so I can keep up! Oh boy. I'm not even...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Fiddler on the Roof (1971) was always one of those classic musicals that I've meant to see but I never got around to. When the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival schedule was announced, I saw the film was part of their Sunday morning line-up. And the director Norman Jewison, who...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Anyone who knows me knows I love Robert Mitchum. He's my favorite actor. Bar none. So why did it take me so long to watch him in The Grass is Greener (1960)? Well I was getting around to it. It's been on my to-be-watched list for years. There aren't many...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

My 2019 Cinema Shame challenge got off to an auspicious start. Seven days into the year not only had I posted my challenge but I had also already seen two of the movies on my list. Then months passed, I never reviewed those films and now I find myself mid-April...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Before this year I had never seen a single movie in the Rocky franchise. Not one. My friend Jay hosts a Cinema Shame podcast in which he invites a cinephile to watch a big film they've never seen before and come on to the show to discuss. On Twitter Jay...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

This post is sponsored by DVD Netflix. The completist in me has spoken and I must finish Steve McQueen's filmography. Even if that means watching a terrible movie like Tom Horn (1980). And yes it is indeed terrible. This film is part of my Cinema Shame Challenge for 2019 in...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

When I curating my Cinema Shame list for 2018, I looked to FilmStruck for some inspiration. Le samouraï (1967) is a staple on FilmStruck's Criterion Channel and one of the first films I noticed on the service when I signed up as a beta user. I wasn’t familiar with director...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Four years ago I created a watch list for 2014. These were the films that I hadn't seen yet that I wanted to make a point to watch that year. The Wild Bunch (1969) was one of those films. Unfortunately I never got to it that year or since. So...   read more