4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 5, 2015

From director Samuel Fuller comes another welcomed addition to his canon. It features the same type of seedy urban landscapes and back alleys of Pick up on South Street (1953) and there are some equally interesting characters like Mac (Anna Lee). It all is underlined by by some sleazy jazz...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 5, 2015

From director Samuel Fuller comes another welcomed addition to his canon. It features the same type of seedy urban landscapes and back alleys of Pick up on South Street (1953) and there are some equally interesting characters like Mac (Anna Lee). It all is underlined by some sleazy jazz music...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 3, 2015

In the storied tradition of film-noir comes another film in the canon and yet another depiction of Raymond Chandler’s Phillip Marlowe. However, the world with which Robert Altman places his private eye is far different than any place the character has ever inhabited before. Whereas another neo   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 3, 2015

In the storied tradition of film-noir comes another film in the canon and yet another depiction of Raymond Chandler’s Phillip Marlowe. However, the world with which Robert Altman places his private eye is far different than any place the character has ever inhabited before. Whereas another neo   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 28, 2015

A nod to the 1930s screwball comedies, this hilarious film is directed by Peter Bogdanovich and stars Ryan O’Neil and Barbra Streisand. It opens with the prologue, “Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight case,” however very soon it becomes obvious that there are four of these cases! ...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 28, 2015

A nod to the 1930s screwball comedies, this hilarious film is directed by Peter Bogdanovich and stars Ryan O’Neil and Barbra Streisand. It opens with the prologue, “Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight case,” however very soon it becomes obvious that there are four of these cases! ...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 26, 2015

I had never seen any of De Sica’s later work and with the quintessential pairing of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni this seemed like a perfect place to start the journey. The character Domenico is easy to dislike from the beginning because he constantly floats in and out of the...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 26, 2015

I had never seen any of De Sica’s later work and with the quintessential pairing of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni this seemed like a perfect place to start the journey. The character Domenico is easy to dislike from the beginning because he constantly floats in and out of the...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 24, 2015

This is the lightest of any De Sica film I had seen up until this point and interestingly enough it was split up into three narratives. The first one follows a woman who continually gets pregnant in order to avoid going to jail, but after seven kids, the toll is...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 24, 2015

Martin Luther King’s legacy will always be the “I Have a Dream” Speech. It’s a crowning moment in history with iconic images and soaring rhetoric. But Doctor King was far more than that. He was a minister, a social activist, and a champion of equality, justice, and peace. Sel   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 24, 2015

Martin Luther King’s legacy will always be the “I Have a Dream” Speech. It’s a crowning moment in history with iconic images and soaring rhetoric. But Doctor King was far more than that. He was a minister, a social activist, and a champion of equality, justice, and peace. Sel   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 24, 2015

This is the lightest of any De Sica film I had seen up until this point and interestingly enough it was split up into three narratives. The first one follows a woman who continually gets pregnant in order to avoid going to jail, but after seven kids, the toll is...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 22, 2015

BEST PICTURE: BOYHOOD BEST ACTOR: MICHAEL KEATON BEST ACTRESS: ROSAMUND PIKE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. SIMMONS BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: PATRICIA ARQUETTE BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: BIG HERO 6 (REALLY THE LEGO MOVIE) CINEMATOGRAPHY: BIRDMAN COSTUME DESIGN: GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL DIRECTING: BOYHOOD FILM E   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 22, 2015

If ever there was the Devil’s incarnate, it isn’t Terrence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), he’s probably meaner and harder to nail down. In the world of musicians there is no school more prestigious than Shaffer Conservatory in New York and that’s where young drumming prodigy Andrew   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 22, 2015

In the opening shot a man is in his tidy-whities levitating in midair. This is one of those films that can never be figured out completely or never fully dissected in its entirety. It’s a meta film on a whole lot of levels. You could say that Michael Keaton is playing...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 22, 2015

BEST PICTURE: BOYHOOD BEST ACTOR: MICHAEL KEATON BEST ACTRESS: ROSAMUND PIKE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. SIMMONS BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: PATRICIA ARQUETTE BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: BIG HERO 6 (REALLY THE LEGO MOVIE) CINEMATOGRAPHY: BIRDMAN COSTUME DESIGN: GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL DIRECTING: BOYHOOD FILM E   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 22, 2015

If ever there was the Devil’s incarnate, it isn’t Terrence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), he’s probably meaner and harder to nail down. In the world of musicians, there is no school more prestigious than Shaffer Conservatory in New York and that’s where young drumming prodigy Andre   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 22, 2015

In the opening shot, a man is in his tidy-whities levitating in midair. This is one of those films that can never be figured out completely or never fully dissected in its entirety. It’s a meta film on a whole lot of levels. You could say that Michael Keaton is playing...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 19, 2015

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4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 19, 2015

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