Monthly Archives: July 2012

The Booth At The End (2011-TV)

Posted on July 30, 2012 by tom

I don’t usually review TV shows here, and I honestly don’t know if this little gem was ever broadcast anywhere. “The Booth At The End” has five episodes, each of which is 25-ish minutes. The excellent Xander Berkeley stars as … Continue reading →

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One Day in September (1999)

Posted on July 29, 2012 by tom

Jim McKay: When I was a kid my father used to say our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized. Our worst fears have been realized tonight. They have now said there were eleven hostages; two were killed … Continue reading →

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Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

Posted on July 10, 2012 by tom

“Martha Marcy May Marlene” was one of those indie darling pics, like something that Parker Posey would have done a decade ago. It’s also an amazingly interesting picture, with a dreadful title. A girl named Martha ends up stumbling into … Continue reading →

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Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Posted on July 7, 2012 by tom

This film is among the most celebrated American films ever made, with Gloria Swanson’s famous lines “I AM big. It’s the pictures that got small,” and “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.”  It was in the first batch of … Continue reading →

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The Lost Weekend (1945)

Posted on July 4, 2012 by tom

Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend” is a movie much like “Citizen Kane” or “Judgment at Nuremberg,” in that it was so amazingly groundbreaking at the time that we can’t truly understand the context. “The Lost Weekend” stars Ray Milland in … Continue reading →

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Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d’Art, by Christopher Moore (2012)

Posted on July 1, 2012 by tom
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