Off-the-clock movies: Fury, The Long Goodbye, The Missouri Breaks and The Godfather
December 31, 2014
I don’t really make resolutions but I am going to try to use this blog in a different, if perhaps not better, way from now on. One of the things I mean to do is to keep track of all …
Piers Marchant on The Gambler remake
December 26, 2014
The Gambler 86 Director: Rupert Wyatt Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jessica Lange, Alvin Ing Rating: R, for language throughout, and for some sexuality/nudity Running time: 111 minutes By Piers Marchant for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette …
Terry Gilliam’s The Christmas Card
December 24, 2014
This originally aired in 1968 on the British TV show for kids, Do Not Adjust Your Set.
SEFCA’s 2014 poll results …
December 22, 2014
This is what I was doing this weekend. (Warning, press release to follow.) Two Texas directors fought it out for the No. 1 spot in the Southeastern Film Critics Association’s (SEFCA) annual poll of the …
The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance or What We Talk About When We Talk About Art
December 20, 2014
There is a terrible song my father loved. It was written and performed by Harry Chapin, who may be best known for a good/bad song called “Taxi,” about a guy who couldn’t achieve his dreams and ended up driving a …