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August 2014

August 15, 2014

SVS: “The African Queen”

...it’s not a metaphor about a relationship — it’s just a great portrait of one. ...

August 08, 2014

SVS: “The Battered Bastards of Baseball”

Bing Russell was a largely-unsung character actor. Someone whose face you recognize immediately, but whose name...

August 01, 2014

SVS: “12 Angry Men”

Sidney Lumet's legendary 12 Angry Men, currently streaming on NETFLIX INSTANT and available for rent on AMAZON PRIME, needs no...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

SVS: “Galaxy Quest”

ALEXANDER DANE: Dear God... How did I come to this? TOMMY WEBER: Not again... ALEXANDER...

July 18, 2014

SVS: “Witness for the Prosecution”

Apparently, preserving this film's twisty ending was a bit of a concern for its investors:...

July 11, 2014

SVS: “The Triplets of Belleville”

This one's nuts. Truly. It's just ...insane. No two ways about it. No need to...

July 04, 2014

SVS: “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”

I'll be honest. Whenever someone asks me for a list of thematically-appropriate movies for The...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

SVS: “The Castle”

"It's the vibe." I watched the film I'm recommending today because Julie Davis and her...

June 20, 2014

SVS: “The Chorus”

You know those times when you stumble across a premise for a film that sounds...

June 13, 2014

SVS: “Sneakers”

Heist films are quite an interesting little genre, with a long and storied history, and...

June 06, 2014

SVS: “The Emperor’s New Groove”

"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to recommend the hippest, most outrageously hilarious Disney...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

SVS: “Sense and Sensibility”

"From the Oscar-winning director* of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Hulk and the whiny, ridiculously over-entitled rich...

May 23, 2014

SVS: “Serenity”

OK, I admit it. This week's suggestion is maybe a teeny-tiny, wee bit clickbait-y. A...

May 16, 2014

SVS: “Searching for Bobby Fischer”

It's unsettling isn't it? When you realize there are only so many things you can...

May 09, 2014

SVS: “The Magnificent Seven”

Y'all remember that I love Westerns, right? So the fact that I'm recommending one of...

May 02, 2014

SVS: “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

When The Diving Bell and the Butterfly first flitted over the turbid waters of my...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

SVS: “Lilies of the Field”

I'm still Easter-ing, because it's still Easter. So I wanted to come up with an...

April 18, 2014

SVS: “Ostrov”

It's Good Friday. A potentially-awkward day to be recommending a movie, yes. Especially because I'm...

April 11, 2014

SVS: “The Conversation”

Monday marked the 40th Anniversary of what I have long considered Francis Ford Coppola's best film...

April 04, 2014

SVS: “Mud”

One of my favorite films from last year is now available on both NETFLIX INSTANT and AMAZON...

April 02, 2014

This Year’s Nominated Documentaries Are ALL on Netflix

I love documentaries. Always have. Yet one of the much/most-lamented facts of my early cinematic...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

SVS: “Strictly Ballroom”

Baz Lurhmann's crazy. Seriously. The guy's insane. For years, I've struggled with his films. But...

March 21, 2014

SVS: “The Hunt for Red October”

It's been a really tough week. My head's spinning, and we're all feeling pretty numb....

March 14, 2014

SVS: “Charade”

Today's suggestion is a specific manifestation of one of Susanka's Most Sacrosanct Suggestion Axioms. The...

March 07, 2014

SVS: “Silverado”

Remember a few weeks ago when I recommended The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

SVS: “The Secret of Kells”

The Secret of Kells is one of my favorite... ...no, wait. I'm going bigger than that....

February 21, 2014

SVS: “The Blue Planet”

Sometimes, I get all fired up and excited about something I'm going to recommend, only...

February 14, 2014

SVS: “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”

Sergio Leone's legendary "Spaghetti Western," The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, is currently streaming on...

February 07, 2014

SVS: “The Apartment”

Lacunae Cinemae. Margaret Cabaniss, my long-time friend (and long-suffering editor), helped me coin the faux-term a...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

A Streaming Suggestion: “Departures”

As a Wyomingite, I have grown increasingly dependent on streaming sites for the scratching of...

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