4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on June 1, 2017

The Birds is about all sort of birds. The ones we are acquainted with initially are actually a pair of humans. Lovebirds you might call them. Except they don’t know it quite yet, but the moment Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) and Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) meet in a pet shop, the...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 31, 2017

I find that my own life was greatly influenced by my father during my most formative years, in particular in the realm of music. I grew up on the classics of the ‘60s. But there’s that juncture in time perhaps during middle school where you begin to branch out and...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 31, 2017

I find that my own life was greatly influenced by my father during my most formative years, in particular in the realm of music. I grew up on the classics of the ‘60s. But there’s that juncture in time perhaps during middle school where you begin to branch out and...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 29, 2017

Stephen Crane’s seminal Civil War novel was made to be gripping film material and although my knowledge of the particulars is limited John Huston’s story while streamlined and truncated feels like a fairly faithful adaptation that even takes some effort to pull passages directly from the   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 29, 2017

Stephen Crane’s seminal Civil War novel was made to be gripping film material and although my knowledge of the particulars is limited John Huston’s story while streamlined and truncated feels like a fairly faithful adaptation that even takes some effort to pull passages directly from the   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 25, 2017

The Greek gods created a woman – Pandora. She was beautiful and charming and versed in the art of flattery. But the gods also gave her a box containing all the evils of the world. The heedless woman opened the box, and all evil was loosed upon us. It’s often...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 25, 2017

The Greek gods created a woman – Pandora. She was beautiful and charming and versed in the art of flattery. But the gods also gave her a box containing all the evils of the world. The heedless woman opened the box, and all evil was loosed upon us. It’s often...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 22, 2017

East of Eden. It was John Steinbeck’s epic work. Showcasing a familial narrative sprawled across his familiar locales of Salinas and Monterey over the turn of the century. But as a film, it rather unwittingly became James Dean’s. He wasn’t even a star yet. He had been on the stage   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 22, 2017

East of Eden. It was John Steinbeck’s epic work. Showcasing a familial narrative sprawled across his familiar locales of Salinas and Monterey over the turn of the century. But as a film, it rather unwittingly became James Dean’s. He wasn’t even a star yet. He had been on the stage   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 20, 2017

Are you leaving room for Jesus?~Amanda You know it. Catholic school forever.~Jim Is it true that nostalgia always feels like it should be in black and white? If that sentiment is true there’s a rooted purpose in Blue Jay’s muted black and white tones that run deep. So often we...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 20, 2017

Are you leaving room for Jesus?~Amanda You know it. Catholic school forever.~Jim Is it true that nostalgia always feels like it should be in black and white? If that sentiment is true there’s a rooted purpose in Blue Jay’s muted black and white tones that run deep. So often we...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 18, 2017

I’ve made a point of suggesting that the reason that I return to movies, again and again, is not because I go to them as an outlet of escapism but for the fact that films give us a little bit more insight into the lives we lead as human beings....   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 18, 2017

I’ve made a point of suggesting that the reason that I return to movies, again and again, is not because I go to them as an outlet of escapism but for the fact that films give us a little bit more insight into the lives we lead as human beings....   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 15, 2017

Is the subject of this film a religious one? – A Religious Leader  Yes, well, in a manner of speaking. – Guido It famously opens with a dream. Our main character stuck in a silent traffic jam, completely disillusioned by the scene around him until he’s able to escape everything...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 15, 2017

Is the subject of this film a religious one? – A Religious Leader  Yes, well, in a matter of speaking. – Guido It famously opens with a dream. Our main character stuck in a silent traffic jam, completely disillusioned by the scene around him until he’s able to escape everything...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 12, 2017

It’s a rather interesting parallel that Charlie Sheen is playing much the same role his father did in Apocalypse Now. At least in the sense that they become our entry point into the mire of war, specifically in Vietnam. But where Apocalypse seemed to belong more so to Brando or even Duvall,...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 12, 2017

It’s a rather interesting parallel that Charlie Sheen is playing much the same role his father did in Apocalypse Now. At least in the sense that they become our entry point into the mire of war, specifically in Vietnam. But where Apocalypse seemed to belong more so to Brando or even Duvall,...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 9, 2017

“How many times is a man so taken with a woman that he walks off the screen just to get her?” This line spoken by one of Jeff Daniels’ characters is really the key to opening up the fantasy that is Purple Rose of Cairo. Here is a film where Woody Allen...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 9, 2017

“How many times is a man so taken with a woman that he walks off the screen just to get her?” This line spoken by one of Jeff Daniels’ characters is really the key to opening up the fantasy that is Purple Rose of Cairo. Here is a film where Woody Allen...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 6, 2017

After watching this film two things become astoundingly obvious. Damien Chazelle has an equally unquenchable passion for film and for jazz. He’s also extremely bold, going all the way when it comes to choices as a director with everything from camera set-ups, lighting, staging, even casting. I   read more