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The only movie reviewer to ever win a Pulitzer Prize... He lost his voice, but was able to keep posting reviews online and in the paper. Sad to see him go.
 
Thanks for the link Shadow. Looking at the Great Movies list, this man was a fan of Bergman, Fellini, French and Italian films. Not much Hitchcock, film noir, westerns and also hardly any British films. The horrors can also be counted on one hand.

There were titles of films we own or definitely want to see. I also saw some intriguing sounding titles I'd like to know more of, such as A Man Escaped (1952).

My wife has seen quite more of these films than I (added "M").
I have seen the following (without M):

12 Angry Men (1957)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Adaptation. (2002) M

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

The Age of Innocence (1993) M

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

Alien (1979)

All About Eve (1950)

Amadeus (1984)

Annie Hall (1977)

The Apartment (1960)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Army of Shadows (1969)

Babel (2006)

Barry Lyndon (1975)

The Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Beat the Devil (1954)

Belle de Jour (1967) M

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

The Bicycle Thief / Bicycle Thieves (1949)

The Big Heat (1953)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

The Big Sleep (1946)

Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)

Blow-Up (1966) M

Bob le Flambeur (1955)

Body Heat (1981) M

Breathless (1960)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Casablanca (1942)

Cat People (1942)

Un Chien Andalou (1928) M

Chinatown (1974)

Citizen Kane (1941)

The Color Purple (1985) M

Contact (1997)

The Conversation (1974)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Cries and Whispers (1972) M

The Decalogue (1988)

Detour (1945)

Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) M

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Don't Look Now (1974) M

Double Indemnity (1944)

The Double Life of Veronique (1991) M

Dracula (1931)

E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

8 1/2 / Eight and a Half (1963) M

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

The Exterminating Angel (1962) M

Faust (1926)

Five Easy Pieces (1970) M

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather, Part II (1974)

Goldfinger (1964)

Gone With the Wind (1939)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968)

Grand Illusion (1937)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

The Great Dictator (1940)

Greed (1925)

Groundhog Day (1993) M
Harakiri (1962)

A Hard Day's Night (1964) M

Howards End (1992) M

Ikiru (1952)

In a Lonely Place (1950)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Jaws (1975)

JFK (1991) M

The Killing (1956)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

King Kong (1933)

La Dolce Vita (1960) M

The Lady Eve (1941)

The Last Laugh (1924)

The Last Picture Show (1971) M

Last Tango in Paris (1972) M

Last Year at Marienbad (1961) M

Laura (1944)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Le Samourai (1967)

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

The Leopard (1963) M

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Lost in Translation (2003) M

M (1931)

Magnolia (1999) M

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Metropolis (1926)

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

My Darling Clementine (1946)

My Man Godfrey (1936) M

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

Nosferatu (1922)

Notorious (1946)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Out of the Past (1947)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Pandora's Box (1928)

Paths of Glory (1957)

Patton (1970)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Persona (1966) M

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Pinocchio (1940)

Psycho (1960)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Raging Bull (1980) M

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Raise the Red Lantern (1990)

Ran (1985)

Rashomon (1950)

Rear Window (1954)

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) M

Red Beard (1965)

Red River (1948)

Richard III (1996) M

Rififi (1954)

Rio Bravo (1959)

Safety Last (1923) M

Samurai Rebellion (1967)

Saturday Night Fever (1977) M

Scarface (1983) M

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

Schindler's List (1993)

The Searchers (1956)

Seven (1995)

The Seven Samurai (1954)

The Seventh Seal (1957)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Shane (1953)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Shining (1980)

Shoah (1985)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Silence (1963)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) M

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Solaris (1972)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Stagecoach (1939)

Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) (1977)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Superman (1978)

The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Taxi Driver (1976) M

The Thin Man (1934)

The Third Man (1949)

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red (1993-1994) M

3 Women (1977) M

Through a Glass Darkly (1961) M

Top Hat (1935) M

Touch of Evil (1958)

Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Unforgiven (1992)

Vertigo (1958)

Viridiana (1961) M

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Wings of Desire (1988) M

Winter Light (1962) M

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Yojimbo (1961)
 
Forostar said:
I don't think I ever heard of the guy. I might have read some of his reviews without realizing it though, but to be honest, I don't care that much about film reviews. That is: before I will watch a film. They often spoil too much. I'll ask if my wife knows him.

Did he also do contributions on DVD extras?
Where did you guys read his writings? Did you do that on his own website on certain other websites or papers?
I might check some.
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He has done a few DVD commentaries, Dark City and Citizen Kane are two that I have heard and they were quite good. He may have done others, but I have not heard any others.

Siskel and Ebert was must watch TV for me, they were both quite good and what made them so good IMO is that they were true fans of movies of all types.
 
bearfan said:
He has done a few DVD commentaries, Dark City and Citizen Kane are two that I have heard and they were quite good. He may have done others, but I have not heard any others.

Siskel and Ebert was must watch TV for me, they were both quite good and what made them so good IMO is that they were true fans of movies of all types.
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Not to mention they often disagreed and at times quite heatedly lol.
 
Saw Sound City last night. Great documentary directed by Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters about the famous recording studio in Los Angeles. Has interviews with a bunch of rock veterans and goes into the making of classic records like Fleetwood Mac's Rumors, Dio's Holy Diver, Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes, and Nirvana's Nevermind. Very insightful and gives the historical importance of the studio and its mixing console. It also shows Grohl writing and recording material on the console with a bunch of different players like Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks. Really cool stuff.
 
Mosh said:
Saw Sound City last night. Great documentary directed by Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters about the famous recording studio in Los Angeles. Has interviews with a bunch of rock veterans and goes into the making of classic records like Fleetwood Mac's Rumors, Dio's Holy Diver, Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes, and Nirvana's Nevermind. Very insightful and gives the historical importance of the studio and its mixing console. It also shows Grohl writing and recording material on the console with a bunch of different players like Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks. Really cool stuff.
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Sound City was really good. The extras on the DVD of the making of 3 of the new songs were interesting as well. I think it is a must see for rock fans (or just music fans in general)
 
Haven't had a chance to watch the extras. I'm interested in the one with the Rick Nielson one though, being a Cheap Trick fan.
 
Now looking at my dinner. The pizza sits cold & abandoned. It was momentarily forgotten, as I stared, intently, across the rooftops at my black & white friend. He was ferreting around in the gutters; full of purpose...
 
I went and saw Star Trek Into Darkness last night in IMAX 3D .. it was really good, my first impression is I liked it better than the last one, which I liked quite a bit.

My favorite parts (and these are major major spoilers, especially the first one)
How they pulled elements from TOS like
the tribble, the twist of Spock yelling KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNN!, the general banter and dialogue between Spock/McCoy/Kirk/Scotty. The Klingons, and Carol Marcus[/spolier]
2) Even pulling in a non-TOS reference
Section 31
 
Watched a couple of movies this weekend. Caught "This is the End." The new comedy by Seth Rogen and his buddies. VERY funny. Basically they all play themselves, they go to a party to James Franco's house and when the apocalypse hits hilarity ensues. Funnier than expected.

The other movie I watched was Evil Dead. I have to say given the original was so bad it wasn't so hard to improve upon it. It was still a risky move since it is such a cult classic, but I was pleased with the result. Some of the effects were as hokey as the original, but overall much improved, actually scary instead of laughable.
 
No it wasn't. Evil Dead was not meant to be funny, it was unintentionally funny, because of how bad it was. The second one, essentially a remake, straddled that line of horror and humor intentionally, while armies of darkness was just flat out ridiculous comedy.
 
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