Last Year at Marienbad

Next: ESP

I had Quine-Lemmon-Novak double feature this weekend. First I saw Bell, Book, and Candle . https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Bellbookandcandleposter.jpg I liked the movie, but at the same time I was expecting a little more effort from James Stewart and Kim Novak. Witches as beatniks is ...

A Hard Day's Night

Next: starting a new life

Tom Skerritt

Next: shady

Sheriff

The Verdict

Next: crowded room

Gene Hackman (Young Frankenstein)

next: always the villain

I have been watching episodes of Midsomer Murders on Youtube via Bing (to avoid the ads). I think it's a good show and I'm hooked. I like the murder mysteries, and the characters usually use some British slang that I'd never heard before, like rat-arsed , poofter , didicoy , boot of a car, to nick s...

Cabaret

Next: pests

During TCM's salute to Geraldine Chaplin the other day, one of the films, CRIA CUERVOS, contained a song which was played a few times during the film and during the closing credits. It was a simple earworm of a song, and I had never heard it before. Porque te Vas ( Because You're Leaving ) was not ...

Lost Highway

Next: smashing opening

Bad Day at Black Rock
The Professionals
Crossfire
The Wild Bunch

I've always liked Robert Ryan, but I've seen only a handful of his movies. I watched The Iceman Cometh a couple of months ago; Robert Ryan and Fredric March gave excellent performances.

Porky's

next: desert

Twiggy

Next: heavy Southern accent