Fantasy Movie Making in the MCU Part 1
Around the time that Stan Lee died Filmstruck posted a short documentary about his relationship with french director Alain Resnais whose...
Catching Up With 2018
Last year was a great year for movies, however, for the most part the movies that I like the most missed out on awards and nominations...
The Darjeeling Limited and Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train (1951) is one of the first movies in this batch that I had not seen before it came up as a movie of the month so I...
The Lefty Knuckleballer
This Saturday I put the White Sox/Blue Jays game to see that the Blue Jays were starting a left hander who throws a knuckleball, Ryan...
Ghost Dog and Rashomon
Recently, I was checking off my list of reviewed Jim Jarmusch movies on Letterboxd and had a little trouble finding a streaming option...
The Reds' Curse
I’ve always loved opening day for the pageantry and optimism around the league. For decades, the very first game of Opening Day was given...
Inception and Spellbound
Alfred Hitchcock was fascinated by the subconscious. In the 1940’s books about Freud were on the coffee tables everywhere in Los Angeles....
The 1934 MLB Tour of Japan
This month we take a look at two rather obscure players that crossed paths during the 1934 MLB tour of Japan, Moe Berg and Eiji Sawamura,...
Twelve Angry Men and Rope
This month we look at two movies that keep the viewer captive in a room to discuss murder and justice mostly in real time. Rope was...
Five Years Later: 2013 Movies
As we draw closer to the end of awards season it's time to take a look back at the movies from five years ago to see through hindsight to...
