Mean Creek (2004) Jacob Aaron Estes
Mean Creek (2004) Written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes Produced by Rick Rosenthal, Susan Johnson, Hagai Shaham Cinematography by...
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awolverton77
- Aug 22, 2018
- 4 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2018: The Jaws Log (1975) Carl Gottlieb
The Jaws Log (originally published in 1975; 25th Anniversary Edition, 2001) by Carl Gottlieb Newmarket Press, New York trade paperback,...
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awolverton77
- Aug 16, 2018
- 3 min
The World Cinema Film Series: Entre Nos (2009)
It's a brilliant idea. The findings of a recent survey of Anne Arundel County, Maryland determined that, after English, the most spoken...
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awolverton77
- Aug 15, 2018
- 6 min
The Man from Laramie (1955) Anthony Mann
The Man from Laramie (1955) Directed by Anthony Mann Produced by William Goetz Written by Phillip Jordan and Frank Burt, based on the...
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awolverton77
- Aug 7, 2018
- 5 min
Movies Watched July 2018
Two out-of-town trips significantly cut into my movie-watching in July, but I hope to bounce back with at least 30 films in August. Two...
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awolverton77
- Aug 3, 2018
- 8 min
When Collecting Gets Out of Control
I never intended to become a collector, at least not consciously. Yet over the years, I’ve collected lots of “stuff,” primarily books and...
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awolverton77
- Jul 29, 2018
- 4 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2018: In a Lonely Place (1947) - Dorothy B. Hughes
Although she was a popular writer in the 1940s and early 50s, few readers today - even avid ones - recognize the name Dorothy B. Hughes....
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awolverton77
- Jul 27, 2018
- 5 min
Film Noir Releases in August 2018
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
- Jul 15, 2018
- 1 min
The Dark Pages: Request a Sample Copy!
Things will be a bit on the quiet side for awhile here at Journeys in Darkness and Light, but in the meantime, I hope you'll check out...
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awolverton77
- Jul 13, 2018
- 1 min
Miracle Mile (1988) Coming to the Castro Theatre, featuring Steve De Jarnatt and Eddie Muller
If you live in or anywhere near San Francisco, you must attend the August 9 screening of Miracle Mile (1988) at 7pm at the Castro...
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awolverton77
- Jul 5, 2018
- 4 min
Trouble is My Business (2018) Tom Konkle
Trouble is My Business (2018) 113 min. A Lumen Actus Production directed by Tom Konkle (This review originally appeared in the print...
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awolverton77
- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
Movies Watched in June 2018
Well, June was just an odd month... I accomplished very little with my two long-term projects, watching only two films from Roger Ebert’s...
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awolverton77
- Jul 2, 2018
- 6 min
Imports and the Region-Free Lifestyle
On a recent Just the Discs podcast, Brian and his special guest Rob Galluzzo discussed the joys of purchasing discs from countries...
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awolverton77
- Jun 30, 2018
- 6 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2018: The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) Booth Tarkington
There’s a moment in Richard Linklater’s 2008 film Me and Orson Welles where Welles (Christian McKay) tells another character, “Ambersons...
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awolverton77
- Jun 27, 2018
- 4 min
Film Noir Releases in July 2018
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
- Jun 20, 2018
- 6 min
Argentine Cinema: El Aura (2005) Fabián Bielinsky
El Aura (2005) Written and directed by Fabián Bielinsky Produced by Ariel Saúl, Victor Hadida, Cecilia Bossi Music by Dario Eskenazi...
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awolverton77
- Jun 16, 2018
- 3 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2018: Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (2000) John Belton, ed.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (2000) edited by John Belton Cambridge Film Handbooks, Cambridge University Press trade paperback, 177...
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awolverton77
- Jun 11, 2018
- 7 min
First Reformed (2017) Paul Schrader
First Reformed (2017*) Written and directed by Paul Schrader Produced by Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Victoria Hill, Gary Hamilton, Deepak...
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awolverton77
- Jun 9, 2018
- 3 min
Walk East on Beacon! (1952) Alfred L. Werker
Walk East on Beacon! (1952) Directed by Alfred L. Werker Produced by Louis de Rochemont Screenplay by Laurence Heath and Emmett Murphy...
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