Monday, August 31, 2020

God gave rock 'n' roll to you


BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC

2020
Directed by Dean Parisot
Written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon

Spoiler alert: moderate

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Brooklyn, James—Cinderella wants to take another look at the ashes


COVER GIRL

1944
Directed by Charles Vidor
Written by Marion Parsonnet, Paul Gangelin, Erwin Gelsey, John H. Kafka, and Virgina Van Upp

Spoiler alert: moderate

Saturday, August 29, 2020

The great beauty


ROMAN HOLIDAY

1953
Directed by William Wyler
Written by Dalton Trumbo and John Dighton

Spoiler alert: moderate

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Life after wartime



THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

1946
Directed by William Wyler
Written by Robert E. Sherwood (based on the novella Glory For Me by MacKinley Kantor)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Friday, August 21, 2020

I'm a society burglar—I don't expect people to rush about shooting me


HOW TO STEAL A MILLION

1966
Directed by William Wyler
Written by Harry Kurnitz (based on the story "Venus Rising" by George Bradshaw)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

The first wonder of the world


LAND OF THE PHARAOHS

1955
Directed by Howard Hawks
Written by William Faulkner, Harold Jack Bloom, and Harry Kurnitz

Spoiler alert: well, the pyramid gets finished, but moderate otherwise

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Dancing about architecture


PLAYTIME

1967
Directed by Jacques Tati
Written by Jacques Lagrange, Art Buchwald, and Jacques Tati

Spoiler alert: oh, very inapplicable