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November 2015

November 20, 2015

SVS: “Air Force One”

And suddenly, I feel old. Today's recommendation is made in honor of seeing an aging Harrison...

November 17, 2015

Celebrating Javier Navarrete’s Patchwork Score for “The Warrior’s Way”

Fun Susanka Fact o' the Day: I have (and have always had) an inordinate soft...

November 13, 2015

SVS: “Lawrence of Arabia”

If we've been telling lies, you've been telling half-lies. A man who tells lies, like...

November 06, 2015

SVS: “The Killer”

If you're a lover of high-octane, high-body-count, no-holds-barred action films, yet your only experience with the...

November 04, 2015

Ned Devine’s Parting Glass

Take a drink and remember the man. And raise your spirits to the sky. Raise...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

SVS: “The Bourne Identity”

Tomorrow's Halloween, so it's time for my first-ever horror Streaming Video Suggestion (SVS), right? Except...

October 28, 2015

The Surprising Link Between Lucretius’ “On the Nature of Things” and Ridley Scott’s “The Martian”

Here's a fun account of (some of) the thoughts that went into the music behind Scott's highly-successful The...

October 27, 2015

Some People Put A Microphone In My Face. You Won’t Believe What Happened NEXT!!!

"The jawbone of an ass is just as dangerous a weapon today as it used...

October 23, 2015

SVS: “Blackthorn”

Given that I was out of town at the start of this week, today sort of snuck...

October 16, 2015

This Week’s Suggestion — “Lilo & Stitch” — And A Quick OOTO Announcement

Oh good! My dog found the chainsaw! I'll be stepping away from the blog for...

October 13, 2015

A Handful Of Mighty Musical Hunters

That's Alaric Rokko Jans' score for David Mamet's astonishingly (and unfairly) obscure period film, The...

October 02, 2015

SVS: “Iris”

Today's film is perhaps best thumbnail-sketched as "The Legendary, Dearly -Departed Documentarian, Albert Maysles, Makes...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

SVS: “Mostly Martha”

Hey, look! Another film about cooking and chefs and saving one's relationships with one's children...

September 24, 2015

A Quick (And Invaluable) Follow-Up To Last Week’s Streaming Suggestion, “Moonrise Kingdom”

This past Friday, I recommended Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom as the latest offering in my...

September 21, 2015

SSF: “Summer ’78”

Half of me is terrified at what J.J. Abrams might do to Star Wars: Episode...

September 18, 2015

SVS: “Moonrise Kingdom”

If you're not a fan of the highly distinctive brand of Wryly Quirky and Meticulously-Centered Hipster...

September 04, 2015

Today’s “SVS?” My (Almost) Favorite Dean Jones Film

Most of the obituaries and testimonials regarding recently-departed Disney legend Dean Jones have focused on what many...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

SVS: “Chef”

Steven Greydanus is right in saying that the film is (perhaps) a little too eager...

August 21, 2015

SVS: “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”

Today's Streaming Video Suggestion (SVS) is going to be a bit of an R&R (Recommend-And-Run),...

August 18, 2015

Yes, You’re Right. John Williams Is A Magician, Basically.

Filtering out the noise to clearly see what the story needs is a lesson every...

August 14, 2015

SVS: “Babe”

I know today's claim is going to be a bit of a controversial one, but I'm going...

August 07, 2015

SVS: “Conspiracy Theory”

Director Richard Donner is surely best known as the man behind the original Superman, which many (if...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Today’s SVS? My OTHER Favorite Selkie Movie, “Song of the Sea!”

Remember a few weeks ago when I told everyone to watch John Sayles' The Secret...

July 30, 2015

Cinematographers with Spellbinding Instagram Accounts

I'll be honest. A website that licenses music wasn't where I would have expected to...

July 24, 2015

SVS: “Dear Frankie”

Still in "Much Too Hasty" mode, but one of my "Draft-and-Follow" films just popped up...

July 23, 2015

Djembe Therapy. It’s Good For What Ails You. I Promise.

I've been saving this one for a while, but I decided to bust it out...

July 03, 2015

Today’s Streaming Suggestion? “The Secret of Roan Inish”

Last year, I went hunting for a holiday-appropriate film to recommend, and thought that Frank Capra's mythical Mr....

June 2015

June 26, 2015

SVS: “Shaolin Soccer”

"A down-on-his-luck ex-soccer player, injured during a rigged match, joins forces with a former monk...

June 25, 2015

The Perfect, Perfectly Understated Dolly Zoom in Pixar’s Ratatouille

But he doesn't care if his viewers to notice the technique that's making them feel...

June 23, 2015

My Most Powerful Memory of Mr. James Horner

And then, as the words faded from the screen, I heard this — eulogistic, yes,...

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