MR. PEANUT/LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Adam Ross's 2010 novel Mr. Peanut is the best initial work by an author I've read since Michael Chabon's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh back...
TOP TEN Finale (at least until some time in 2012)
To conclude my thoughts on Sight & Sound's Top Ten lists that appear each decade (in the year ending in 2), let me clarify a few points. ...
TOP TEN (Part V-B)
Sorry I haven't posted recently. This weekend I will conclude my review of the Top Ten lists of Sight & Sound magazine, often thought to...
TOP TEN (Part V)
In 2002, Sight & Sound, arguably the premiere film journal in the world, conducted its latest survey of critics and directors to...
TOP TEN (Part IV-B)
As I mentioned earlier, the newly established Directors' poll of greatest films varied significantly from that of the international...
TOP TEN (Part IV)
In 1992, Sight & Sound magazine added a Directors' poll in addition to the long-established Critics' Top Ten. Surprisingly, they had...
TOP TEN (Part III)
As I discussed in my last post, the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' poll was remarkable for a number of reasons. I was ecstatic because...
TOP TEN (Part II)
As I mentioned yesterday, the 1962 Sight & Sound Critics' poll confirmed a sea change in attitudes toward classic cinema, beginning with...
TOP TEN
I recently viewed a classic French film I had never seen before--Marcel Carne's Le Jour se Leve (Daybreak) (1939). The screenwriter was...
A SONG FOR YOU (Part 2)
Couldn't help but add Brother Ray's cover of Leon Russell's classic. Enjoy.