Silent Sunday: His People (1925)- June 30, 2008 "Scattered for centuries, these people have come from the four corners of Europe, each bringing a dream of prosperity and happiness, but finding only the reality of hard work, suffering, and privation." This slice-of-life story of one Jewish family's hardships...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/silent_sunday_his_people_1925.html A Certain Bank-Owned Cinema II: Cinema Harder- June 26, 2008 The Other Michael Phillips wrote a nice article about that certain bank-owned revival house. But I don't think I've ever called him "fake." I just claim to be the original Michael Phillips....http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/a_certain_bankowned_cinema_ii_cinema_harder.html The Feckin' Braadway Melody- June 25, 2008 Welcome to the second edition of Best Pictures from the Outside In, with a title provided by one of our participants, Nick of Nick's Flick Picks. The other two are Nathaniel of The Film Experience and yours truly, Mike at...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/the_feckin_braadway_melody.html Silent Sunday: The Delicious Little Devil (1919)- June 23, 2008 This rather unfunny comedy is available on DVD because of a certain fifth-billed actor who hadn't yet settled on a moniker yet; his birth name was too ungainly (Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla), so here he's...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/silent_sunday_the_delicious_little_devil_1919.html Best Pictures from the Outside In vol. 1: No Country for Old Wings- June 18, 2008 Nathaniel, Nick, and I have teamed up for a gargantuan, impossible, possibly crazy series of posts in which we will talk about all 80 Best Picture winners, two at a time, starting with the first and the last and working...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/best_pictures_from_the_outside_in_vol_1_no_country_for_ol... A Certain Bank-Owned Cinema- June 17, 2008 Chicagoist has an informative interview with the programmers of a certain bank-owned cinema in a large Midwestern city. (Ok, fine, one of them is me. Blogs are all about self-promotion, right)...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/a_certain_bankowned_cinema.html Silent Sunday: I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)- June 16, 2008 Ernst Lubitsch offers an early glimpse of the joys of Weimar cinema with this cross-dressing comedy about a young girl who emancipates herself by dressing up in men's evening clothes and going out on the town. She supposedly learns some...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/silent_sunday_i_dont_want_to_be_a_man_1918.html Movies About Movies Blog-a-Thon, August 22-24- June 15, 2008 "The only thing Hollywood relishes more than looking in the mirror is a light spanking." —Michael King "Seriously, how could you go wrong with Sullivan's Travels, Day for Night, 8 12, or Sunset Boulevard" —Dame James Henry How indeed....http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/movies_about_movies_blogathon_august_2224.html Silent Sunday: The Kiss of Mary Pickford (1927)- June 9, 2008 In 1926, while visiting Moscow, Hollywood supercouple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks starred in a film about a young man who wants to become a movie star to impress his girlfriend. Pickford only learned about the film late in...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/silent_sunday_the_kiss_of_mary_pickford_1927.html |