Psycho – Anything Bernard Herrmann did is magic but he makes this shower scene. American Beauty – Thomas Newman‘s score of this 1999 film makes a plastic bag beautiful. The Painted Veil – This one is rarely on other’s lists but the Alexandre Desplat score is haunting. Vertigo – Another Bernard Herrmann masterwork. Beautiful and […]
Five Underrated Films
Mrs. Brown – Judi Dench rocks as Queen Victoria later in life. Shutter Island – Martin Scorsese directs and a Max Ritcher piece make this a haunting psychological thriller. The Painted Veil – The soundtrak by Alexandre Desplat made this an epic tale of love, betrayal, remorse and forgiveness. Chronic – Tim Roth stars as […]
Damaging Desire Films
Vertigo – This Hitchcock film stars Jame Stewart as a man who is consumed by unobtainable obsession. History repeats and so do emotional patterns. Lolita – Stanley Kubrick directed a story of a middle aged man’s obsession with a pubescent teen. Based on Nabokov‘s novel. This controversial book is not sugar coated by Kubrick. […]
Great Detective TV Shows
Bron/Broen – This show has been remade multiple times but it is the original in Danish and Swedish which rocks Prime Suspect – Helen Mirren plays a detective in a field fraught with misogyny. The Fall – Jamie Dorman is a serial killer and Gillian Anderson is the DCI after him. This BBC series has […]
Films with Fantastic Food
The Godfather – This 1972 class will have you craving spaghetti and meatballs ala Mafia captain Clemenza. </p> Tortilla Soup – This film has so many recipes and food scenes, you’ll be running to the kitchen or grabbing delivery in no time. Goodfellas – Paulie’s razor blade garlic technique is almost as famous as the […]
Chilling Films
Rosemary’s Baby – Roman Polanski directed this classic. Ruth Gordon as the nosey neighbor devil worshipper is a frightening delight. Deliver Us From Evil – This 2006 documentary about a Catholic priest is bone chilling The Shining – Stanley Kubrick’s mastercraft of the incongruous and lurking evil. Psycho – Classic Hitchcock changes one’s view of […]
Funny Movies For Thinking People
Monty Python and the Holy Grail – This is the funniest film of all time and no, that’s not a herring! Harold and Maude – Ruth Gordon is a treasure as an 80 year old free spirit. Bud Cort courts death and the two make a most interesting pair. Should be a tutoiral on Match.com. […]