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Smoking with Mickey

Arguably the forerunners of perpetuating a fantastic world of make believe in film – where fairies roam the night’s sky, curses on dead pirates run amok, and candlesticks come alive (and sing, no less), and countless other instances of suspending reality is none other than the one and only Disney. (Insert thunderous applause and [...]

Rialto Revives Cinema Greats

Looks like Rialto Pictures is taking charge of reviving, restoring, re-marketing, and re-distributing some cinema greats from years’ past – Army of Shadows, Eyes Without a Face, Mafioso, The Battle of Algiers, The Third Man, and a host of others by renowned filmmakers like Jean-Luc Godard and Federico Fellini.
Army of Shadows, made in 1969, won [...]

Film Review: A Mighty Heart

The recently released A Mighty Heart is definitely the odd man out for a blockbuster summer release here in the U.S. as everyone is running out to see Transformers, Live Free or Die Hard, Harry Potter, and the like. Heart is quite a bit more on the serious side but I don’t think numbers and [...]

Who Cares if you were Teased as a Child? Dimensions of Character

Has anyone but me noticed a more relaxed approach in films of late when it comes to character?
So ‘Ted’ grew up to be a serial killer – (in the land of make believe that is) - how vital is it for us, the audience, to know if Tommy, the school bully, stole Ted’s lunch money [...]