The Great Movies Series at the Severna Park Library: Sullivan's Travels (1941)
I’ve been home from Noir City 17 for several days, but in trying to get caught up at work and at home, I’ve had little time for writing....
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awolverton77
- Feb 5, 2019
- 1 min
Noir City 17 Report Coming Soon!
I'm back from a stellar Noir City 17 and can't wait to tell you all about it! In the meantime, please enjoy this video from the amazing...
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awolverton77
- Jan 24, 2019
- 1 min
Next Stop: Noir City
I'll be headed to Noir City soon, so the blog will be on hiatus until I get back. While I won't be posting here during the festival, I...
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awolverton77
- Jan 23, 2019
- 4 min
The Best Movies of 2018 Part II: My Top 10
As I did yesterday with my #11-20 best movies from 2018, I present my Top 10 here in alphabetical order (with one exception). If you want...
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awolverton77
- Jan 22, 2019
- 5 min
The Best Movies of 2018 Part I: #11-20
In an earlier post, I mentioned that I both love and hate lists. I love making them, but I hate that people (including myself) tend to...
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awolverton77
- Jan 18, 2019
- 7 min
Film Noir Releases in February 2019
If you’re new to my monthly Film Noir Releases posts, welcome! My goal is to cover all the first-time releases to Blu-ray and DVD,...
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awolverton77
- Jan 14, 2019
- 1 min
The Best Movies of 2018 - Coming Soon!
I know it's taking awhile, but I'll have my Best Movies of 2018 list out soon. I can tell you that it will include at least 2...
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awolverton77
- Jan 8, 2019
- 3 min
2019 Movie Resolutions
Hold it right there! We're only a few days into 2019, but I want to make sure you've made some resolutions. Forget losing weight,...
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awolverton77
- Jan 3, 2019
- 2 min
The Best Movies of 2018: A Preview (or Maybe Just a Rant)
I absolutely love lists. Maybe that’s because, as a teenager, I was fascinated with The Book of Lists (1977) by David Wallechinsky,...
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awolverton77
- Dec 30, 2018
- 2 min
The Best Discoveries of 2018: Film Noir from the Classic Era (1940-1959)
After four Noirvembers, four Noir City DC, and three Noir City San Francisco festivals, and countless movies and books about them, I...
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awolverton77
- Dec 29, 2018
- 7 min
Film Noir Releases in January 2019
If you’re new to my monthly Film Noir Releases posts, welcome! My goal is to cover all the first-time releases to Blu-ray and DVD,...
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awolverton77
- Dec 27, 2018
- 3 min
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 2000s
As I mentioned in my last post, the 1990s and 2000s tend to get the short shrift in my movie-watching schedules, so this list will be...
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awolverton77
- Dec 24, 2018
- 4 min
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1990s
The 1990s remain my least-explored decade, partly due to so many life issues happening at the time (graduate school, getting married,...
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awolverton77
- Dec 21, 2018
- 3 min
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1980s
Even though I started college in 1980 and finished in 1985 (and took at least one course every summer), I still managed to watch a ton of...
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awolverton77
- Dec 20, 2018
- 6 min
Do We Belong Here? Jeremy Saulnier's Hold the Dark (2018)
Hold the Dark (2018) Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Written by Macon Blair Produced by Russell Ackerman, Eva Maria Daniels, Neil Kopp, Anish...
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awolverton77
- Dec 19, 2018
- 3 min
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1970s
After the 1940s, the 1970s is my favorite decade for movies, although you probably wouldn’t know it from this list, one of the shortest...
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awolverton77
- Dec 17, 2018
- 10 min
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) Written and directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Produced by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Megan Ellison, Sue...
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awolverton77
- Dec 15, 2018
- 3 min
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1960s
I was somewhat surprised to find so many movies from the 1960s on my Best Discoveries of the Year list, a total of 15, matched only by my...
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awolverton77
- Dec 13, 2018
- 4 min
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1950s
If you removed all the Westerns from the 1950s films I saw in 2018, I’d have a much smaller list. The appearance of so many Westerns is...
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awolverton77
- Dec 12, 2018
- 3 min
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1940s
The 1940s is my favorite decade for movies, in particular because it provided an opportunity for the flourishing of film noir, but also...
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