Daddio
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I watch movies I haven't seen before and post about them
BRANDED TO KILL (1967)
Seijun Suzuki's greatest film (according to this poll)
A hit man tale. Hunter becomes hunted
Kept on my toes in all phases...narrative, staging, and camera placement
Also, funny, surreal, and brutal
Good times had
2 Sight & Sound votes, Critics
Seijun Suzuki's greatest film (according to this poll)
A hit man tale. Hunter becomes hunted
Kept on my toes in all phases...narrative, staging, and camera placement
Also, funny, surreal, and brutal
Good times had
2 Sight & Sound votes, Critics
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
BRANDED TO KILL (1967)
Seijun Suzuki's greatest film (according to this poll)
A hit man tale. Hunter becomes hunted
Kept on my toes in all phases...narrative, staging, and camera placement
Also, funny, surreal, and brutal
Good times had
2 Sight & Sound votes, Critics
Seijun Suzuki's greatest film (according to this poll)
A hit man tale. Hunter becomes hunted
Kept on my toes in all phases...narrative, staging, and camera placement
Also, funny, surreal, and brutal
Good times had
2 Sight & Sound votes, Critics
VARIETY (1983)
7 S&S votes, Critics
How an adult movie theatre job can lead to a low-key neo-noir adventure
A great NY film. Captures a place in time. Shot on glorious, grainy 16mm film
From Bette Gordon. She gives us the space to soak in the world of a woman's journey
7 S&S votes, Critics
How an adult movie theatre job can lead to a low-key neo-noir adventure
A great NY film. Captures a place in time. Shot on glorious, grainy 16mm film
From Bette Gordon. She gives us the space to soak in the world of a woman's journey
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
VARIETY (1983)
7 S&S votes, Critics
How an adult movie theatre job can lead to a low-key neo-noir adventure
A great NY film. Captures a place in time. Shot on glorious, grainy 16mm film
From Bette Gordon. She gives us the space to soak in the world of a woman's journey
7 S&S votes, Critics
How an adult movie theatre job can lead to a low-key neo-noir adventure
A great NY film. Captures a place in time. Shot on glorious, grainy 16mm film
From Bette Gordon. She gives us the space to soak in the world of a woman's journey
I've decided on my December viewing theme
First Christmas without dad should be a tough one
My parents liked to buy me film books for gifts
So on that theme, I will be watching movies I haven't seen from my Maltin and Ebert books and my Halliwell's Hundred book
First Christmas without dad should be a tough one
My parents liked to buy me film books for gifts
So on that theme, I will be watching movies I haven't seen from my Maltin and Ebert books and my Halliwell's Hundred book
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I've decided on my December viewing theme
First Christmas without dad should be a tough one
My parents liked to buy me film books for gifts
So on that theme, I will be watching movies I haven't seen from my Maltin and Ebert books and my Halliwell's Hundred book
First Christmas without dad should be a tough one
My parents liked to buy me film books for gifts
So on that theme, I will be watching movies I haven't seen from my Maltin and Ebert books and my Halliwell's Hundred book
RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY (1975)
This stand-alone "Play for Today" episode launched the classic British series
A Jamaican boy is accused of a stabbing
Leo McKern puts his indelible stamp on the character from the get-go
I remember my Grandpa having this show on in the den
This stand-alone "Play for Today" episode launched the classic British series
A Jamaican boy is accused of a stabbing
Leo McKern puts his indelible stamp on the character from the get-go
I remember my Grandpa having this show on in the den
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY (1975)
This stand-alone "Play for Today" episode launched the classic British series
A Jamaican boy is accused of a stabbing
Leo McKern puts his indelible stamp on the character from the get-go
I remember my Grandpa having this show on in the den
This stand-alone "Play for Today" episode launched the classic British series
A Jamaican boy is accused of a stabbing
Leo McKern puts his indelible stamp on the character from the get-go
I remember my Grandpa having this show on in the den
THE ALPHABET MURDERS (1965)
The popularity of Clouseau no doubt inspired this comic Poirot
Tony Randall stars
The purist in me objects to this version. The avant-garde in me appreciates the radical approach
Director Frank Tashlin gives us a playful puff pastry. Plenty of cream and many flakes
The popularity of Clouseau no doubt inspired this comic Poirot
Tony Randall stars
The purist in me objects to this version. The avant-garde in me appreciates the radical approach
Director Frank Tashlin gives us a playful puff pastry. Plenty of cream and many flakes
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
THE ALPHABET MURDERS (1965)
The popularity of Clouseau no doubt inspired this comic Poirot
Tony Randall stars
The purist in me objects to this version. The avant-garde in me appreciates the radical approach
Director Frank Tashlin gives us a playful puff pastry. Plenty of cream and many flakes
The popularity of Clouseau no doubt inspired this comic Poirot
Tony Randall stars
The purist in me objects to this version. The avant-garde in me appreciates the radical approach
Director Frank Tashlin gives us a playful puff pastry. Plenty of cream and many flakes
NIAGARA (1953)
A classic noir plot in one of the most gorgeous settings
A place between two countries. Hearts and minds also divided
Love the use of natural settings to convey psychology
Colors pop. And Marilyn...words can't express
#Noirvember
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Kim Morgan
USA
A classic noir plot in one of the most gorgeous settings
A place between two countries. Hearts and minds also divided
Love the use of natural settings to convey psychology
Colors pop. And Marilyn...words can't express
#Noirvember
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Kim Morgan
USA
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NIAGARA (1953)
A classic noir plot in one of the most gorgeous settings
A place between two countries. Hearts and minds also divided
Love the use of natural settings to convey psychology
Colors pop. And Marilyn...words can't express
#Noirvember
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Kim Morgan
USA
A classic noir plot in one of the most gorgeous settings
A place between two countries. Hearts and minds also divided
Love the use of natural settings to convey psychology
Colors pop. And Marilyn...words can't express
#Noirvember
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Kim Morgan
USA
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (1981)
One of Willy's most cynical plays
The prologue sets the tone: like this play, don't like it. I don't care
How high ideals are undercut. How systems of politics, patriarchy, and war debase us
Charles Gray (Blofeld in DAF) has a blast as Pandarus
One of Willy's most cynical plays
The prologue sets the tone: like this play, don't like it. I don't care
How high ideals are undercut. How systems of politics, patriarchy, and war debase us
Charles Gray (Blofeld in DAF) has a blast as Pandarus
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (1981)
One of Willy's most cynical plays
The prologue sets the tone: like this play, don't like it. I don't care
How high ideals are undercut. How systems of politics, patriarchy, and war debase us
Charles Gray (Blofeld in DAF) has a blast as Pandarus
One of Willy's most cynical plays
The prologue sets the tone: like this play, don't like it. I don't care
How high ideals are undercut. How systems of politics, patriarchy, and war debase us
Charles Gray (Blofeld in DAF) has a blast as Pandarus
VICE SQUAD (1953)
A day in the life of the vice squad. Lots of crime going on in L.A.
But holding it together is Edward G. Robinson
He's the police captain
A few "how much time is left" moments 🥱
But Edward G. is always worth watching
A day in the life of the vice squad. Lots of crime going on in L.A.
But holding it together is Edward G. Robinson
He's the police captain
A few "how much time is left" moments 🥱
But Edward G. is always worth watching
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
VICE SQUAD (1953)
A day in the life of the vice squad. Lots of crime going on in L.A.
But holding it together is Edward G. Robinson
He's the police captain
A few "how much time is left" moments 🥱
But Edward G. is always worth watching
A day in the life of the vice squad. Lots of crime going on in L.A.
But holding it together is Edward G. Robinson
He's the police captain
A few "how much time is left" moments 🥱
But Edward G. is always worth watching
ANGEL (1984)
I must've passed by the VHS cover a bunch of times at the video store. I totally remember it
Classic piece of 80s sleaze. Prostitution. Serial Killers. Big guns
L.A. at night looks great. Shot by Andrew Davis
A mention in QT's Cinema Speculation
I must've passed by the VHS cover a bunch of times at the video store. I totally remember it
Classic piece of 80s sleaze. Prostitution. Serial Killers. Big guns
L.A. at night looks great. Shot by Andrew Davis
A mention in QT's Cinema Speculation
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ANGEL (1984)
I must've passed by the VHS cover a bunch of times at the video store. I totally remember it
Classic piece of 80s sleaze. Prostitution. Serial Killers. Big guns
L.A. at night looks great. Shot by Andrew Davis
A mention in QT's Cinema Speculation
I must've passed by the VHS cover a bunch of times at the video store. I totally remember it
Classic piece of 80s sleaze. Prostitution. Serial Killers. Big guns
L.A. at night looks great. Shot by Andrew Davis
A mention in QT's Cinema Speculation
HALLS OF MONTEZUMA (1951)
Richard Widmark stars with a great cast in this gritty WW2 film
The mission: find Japanese rockets. But interest in the men's backstories makes it more personal
Lewis Milestone's fluid dolly shots also give the film some needed flair
A Scorsese "guilty pleasure" pick
Richard Widmark stars with a great cast in this gritty WW2 film
The mission: find Japanese rockets. But interest in the men's backstories makes it more personal
Lewis Milestone's fluid dolly shots also give the film some needed flair
A Scorsese "guilty pleasure" pick
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
HALLS OF MONTEZUMA (1951)
Richard Widmark stars with a great cast in this gritty WW2 film
The mission: find Japanese rockets. But interest in the men's backstories makes it more personal
Lewis Milestone's fluid dolly shots also give the film some needed flair
A Scorsese "guilty pleasure" pick
Richard Widmark stars with a great cast in this gritty WW2 film
The mission: find Japanese rockets. But interest in the men's backstories makes it more personal
Lewis Milestone's fluid dolly shots also give the film some needed flair
A Scorsese "guilty pleasure" pick
MEASURE FOR MEASURE (1979)
Decent BBC TV production
A nasty dark comedy. One that speaks to the 21st century
All about the abuse of power. Sexual corruption. The silenced voices of women that need to be heard
In this play, Shakespeare went to some pure and prurient places
Decent BBC TV production
A nasty dark comedy. One that speaks to the 21st century
All about the abuse of power. Sexual corruption. The silenced voices of women that need to be heard
In this play, Shakespeare went to some pure and prurient places
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
MEASURE FOR MEASURE (1979)
Decent BBC TV production
A nasty dark comedy. One that speaks to the 21st century
All about the abuse of power. Sexual corruption. The silenced voices of women that need to be heard
In this play, Shakespeare went to some pure and prurient places
Decent BBC TV production
A nasty dark comedy. One that speaks to the 21st century
All about the abuse of power. Sexual corruption. The silenced voices of women that need to be heard
In this play, Shakespeare went to some pure and prurient places
FAR FROM VIETNAM (1967)
A collective film. Some big hitters: Godard, Varda, Marker, Resnais, Lelouch, others
Some great footage. And many ideas to chew on. The politics of war. How war is packaged for media. But we can't forget the people
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Eli Horwatt
USA
A collective film. Some big hitters: Godard, Varda, Marker, Resnais, Lelouch, others
Some great footage. And many ideas to chew on. The politics of war. How war is packaged for media. But we can't forget the people
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Eli Horwatt
USA
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
FAR FROM VIETNAM (1967)
A collective film. Some big hitters: Godard, Varda, Marker, Resnais, Lelouch, others
Some great footage. And many ideas to chew on. The politics of war. How war is packaged for media. But we can't forget the people
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Eli Horwatt
USA
A collective film. Some big hitters: Godard, Varda, Marker, Resnais, Lelouch, others
Some great footage. And many ideas to chew on. The politics of war. How war is packaged for media. But we can't forget the people
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Eli Horwatt
USA
POLICE (1916)
Chaplin plays a con released from the joint. The old life tempts him back...
A few good gags. But more impressed with the film's ideas. Especially ones about corruption everywhere (including titular police) and the meaning of freedom
Chaplin plays a con released from the joint. The old life tempts him back...
A few good gags. But more impressed with the film's ideas. Especially ones about corruption everywhere (including titular police) and the meaning of freedom
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
POLICE (1916)
Chaplin plays a con released from the joint. The old life tempts him back...
A few good gags. But more impressed with the film's ideas. Especially ones about corruption everywhere (including titular police) and the meaning of freedom
Chaplin plays a con released from the joint. The old life tempts him back...
A few good gags. But more impressed with the film's ideas. Especially ones about corruption everywhere (including titular police) and the meaning of freedom
Some people love the new Frankenstein. Some people hate it
To me, this sounds like...
To me, this sounds like...
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Some people love the new Frankenstein. Some people hate it
To me, this sounds like...
To me, this sounds like...
SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR (1947)
Can't have a #Noirvember without King Fritz Lang
The Bluebeard myth. Expressionist flourishes (great Stanley Cortez photography)
Michael Redgrave and Joan Bennett star
Enjoyed how this became an examination of marriage vows tested to the extreme!
Can't have a #Noirvember without King Fritz Lang
The Bluebeard myth. Expressionist flourishes (great Stanley Cortez photography)
Michael Redgrave and Joan Bennett star
Enjoyed how this became an examination of marriage vows tested to the extreme!
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR (1947)
Can't have a #Noirvember without King Fritz Lang
The Bluebeard myth. Expressionist flourishes (great Stanley Cortez photography)
Michael Redgrave and Joan Bennett star
Enjoyed how this became an examination of marriage vows tested to the extreme!
Can't have a #Noirvember without King Fritz Lang
The Bluebeard myth. Expressionist flourishes (great Stanley Cortez photography)
Michael Redgrave and Joan Bennett star
Enjoyed how this became an examination of marriage vows tested to the extreme!
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2001)
Set in Germany during the Weimar. Being Jewish takes on darker connotations
Henry Goodman's performance as Shylock, as the poster says, is indeed mesmerizing. Complex and fully realized
Trevor Nunn's direction also impresses with clarity of text
Set in Germany during the Weimar. Being Jewish takes on darker connotations
Henry Goodman's performance as Shylock, as the poster says, is indeed mesmerizing. Complex and fully realized
Trevor Nunn's direction also impresses with clarity of text
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2001)
Set in Germany during the Weimar. Being Jewish takes on darker connotations
Henry Goodman's performance as Shylock, as the poster says, is indeed mesmerizing. Complex and fully realized
Trevor Nunn's direction also impresses with clarity of text
Set in Germany during the Weimar. Being Jewish takes on darker connotations
Henry Goodman's performance as Shylock, as the poster says, is indeed mesmerizing. Complex and fully realized
Trevor Nunn's direction also impresses with clarity of text
THE FLAME (1947)
A deadly love triangle
Some lukewarm characters at the center of this flame, but Broderick Crawford lights things up whenever he's onscreen
Director John H. Auer has an eye for mysterious, primal visuals
Part of Scorsese's Republic Pictures retrospective in 2018
A deadly love triangle
Some lukewarm characters at the center of this flame, but Broderick Crawford lights things up whenever he's onscreen
Director John H. Auer has an eye for mysterious, primal visuals
Part of Scorsese's Republic Pictures retrospective in 2018
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
THE FLAME (1947)
A deadly love triangle
Some lukewarm characters at the center of this flame, but Broderick Crawford lights things up whenever he's onscreen
Director John H. Auer has an eye for mysterious, primal visuals
Part of Scorsese's Republic Pictures retrospective in 2018
A deadly love triangle
Some lukewarm characters at the center of this flame, but Broderick Crawford lights things up whenever he's onscreen
Director John H. Auer has an eye for mysterious, primal visuals
Part of Scorsese's Republic Pictures retrospective in 2018
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (1973)
Brett and Plowright are excellent. But let's be real...I came to see Olivier as Shylock
Olivier leans into the "otherness" of Shylock with protruding dentures. His accent is also unlike anything I've heard
Managerial, wounded
Many colors in this iconic performance
Brett and Plowright are excellent. But let's be real...I came to see Olivier as Shylock
Olivier leans into the "otherness" of Shylock with protruding dentures. His accent is also unlike anything I've heard
Managerial, wounded
Many colors in this iconic performance
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (1973)
Brett and Plowright are excellent. But let's be real...I came to see Olivier as Shylock
Olivier leans into the "otherness" of Shylock with protruding dentures. His accent is also unlike anything I've heard
Managerial, wounded
Many colors in this iconic performance
Brett and Plowright are excellent. But let's be real...I came to see Olivier as Shylock
Olivier leans into the "otherness" of Shylock with protruding dentures. His accent is also unlike anything I've heard
Managerial, wounded
Many colors in this iconic performance
I've been listening to Peter Saccio's lectures on Shakespeare
You'll be seeing more adaptations popping up in my watches this month. And they still fit into my themes of crime
You'll be seeing more adaptations popping up in my watches this month. And they still fit into my themes of crime
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I've been listening to Peter Saccio's lectures on Shakespeare
You'll be seeing more adaptations popping up in my watches this month. And they still fit into my themes of crime
You'll be seeing more adaptations popping up in my watches this month. And they still fit into my themes of crime
THE CORNER (2000)
Before The Wire...there was The Corner
David Simon's Emmy-winning mini-series is a heartbreaker
The Dickensian scope of The Wire is more focused on a smaller group here
Still, a powerful punch
Addiction and redemption...so close to each other's grasp
Before The Wire...there was The Corner
David Simon's Emmy-winning mini-series is a heartbreaker
The Dickensian scope of The Wire is more focused on a smaller group here
Still, a powerful punch
Addiction and redemption...so close to each other's grasp
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
THE CORNER (2000)
Before The Wire...there was The Corner
David Simon's Emmy-winning mini-series is a heartbreaker
The Dickensian scope of The Wire is more focused on a smaller group here
Still, a powerful punch
Addiction and redemption...so close to each other's grasp
Before The Wire...there was The Corner
David Simon's Emmy-winning mini-series is a heartbreaker
The Dickensian scope of The Wire is more focused on a smaller group here
Still, a powerful punch
Addiction and redemption...so close to each other's grasp
I have an affection for older TV productions that use videotape for interiors and film for exteriors
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have an affection for older TV productions that use videotape for interiors and film for exteriors
HICKEY & BOGGS (1972)
Always thought this was a buddy comedy because of the pudding pops guy
But this is a top-notch PI crime flick. Terse Walter Hill script
Robert Culp co-stars and directs
Takes its time. Knows L.A. from the beaches to the bars
70s nihilism can be inspiring
Always thought this was a buddy comedy because of the pudding pops guy
But this is a top-notch PI crime flick. Terse Walter Hill script
Robert Culp co-stars and directs
Takes its time. Knows L.A. from the beaches to the bars
70s nihilism can be inspiring
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
HICKEY & BOGGS (1972)
Always thought this was a buddy comedy because of the pudding pops guy
But this is a top-notch PI crime flick. Terse Walter Hill script
Robert Culp co-stars and directs
Takes its time. Knows L.A. from the beaches to the bars
70s nihilism can be inspiring
Always thought this was a buddy comedy because of the pudding pops guy
But this is a top-notch PI crime flick. Terse Walter Hill script
Robert Culp co-stars and directs
Takes its time. Knows L.A. from the beaches to the bars
70s nihilism can be inspiring
DÉTECTIVE (1985)
Godard noodles around a Grand Hotel (or Love Boat) structure. Multiple storylines. Hotel detectives, mafia, illicit affairs
It sounds exciting...but Godard seems more interested in the notes rather than the music
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Pablo Conde
Argentina
Godard noodles around a Grand Hotel (or Love Boat) structure. Multiple storylines. Hotel detectives, mafia, illicit affairs
It sounds exciting...but Godard seems more interested in the notes rather than the music
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Pablo Conde
Argentina
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
DÉTECTIVE (1985)
Godard noodles around a Grand Hotel (or Love Boat) structure. Multiple storylines. Hotel detectives, mafia, illicit affairs
It sounds exciting...but Godard seems more interested in the notes rather than the music
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Pablo Conde
Argentina
Godard noodles around a Grand Hotel (or Love Boat) structure. Multiple storylines. Hotel detectives, mafia, illicit affairs
It sounds exciting...but Godard seems more interested in the notes rather than the music
1 Sight & Sound vote, Critic
Pablo Conde
Argentina
JULIUS CAESAR (1970)
I hadn't seen this version. I still prefer the '53
The color adds to the spectacle
Funny how Ebert gives this a 1 star mostly for Robards as Brutus. Totally destroys him
Tbh, I didn't really care for Robards' Brutus. And it makes the play a slog
Heston chews
I hadn't seen this version. I still prefer the '53
The color adds to the spectacle
Funny how Ebert gives this a 1 star mostly for Robards as Brutus. Totally destroys him
Tbh, I didn't really care for Robards' Brutus. And it makes the play a slog
Heston chews
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
JULIUS CAESAR (1970)
I hadn't seen this version. I still prefer the '53
The color adds to the spectacle
Funny how Ebert gives this a 1 star mostly for Robards as Brutus. Totally destroys him
Tbh, I didn't really care for Robards' Brutus. And it makes the play a slog
Heston chews
I hadn't seen this version. I still prefer the '53
The color adds to the spectacle
Funny how Ebert gives this a 1 star mostly for Robards as Brutus. Totally destroys him
Tbh, I didn't really care for Robards' Brutus. And it makes the play a slog
Heston chews
THE DESPERADOES (1943)
Utah. A new frontier. Gold and money corrupt
Maybe the only true currency is friendship
Randolph Scott and Glenn Ford test the bonds of dudes
Charles Vidor directs this amiable Technicolor duster
More laughs than I expected
Utah. A new frontier. Gold and money corrupt
Maybe the only true currency is friendship
Randolph Scott and Glenn Ford test the bonds of dudes
Charles Vidor directs this amiable Technicolor duster
More laughs than I expected
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
THE DESPERADOES (1943)
Utah. A new frontier. Gold and money corrupt
Maybe the only true currency is friendship
Randolph Scott and Glenn Ford test the bonds of dudes
Charles Vidor directs this amiable Technicolor duster
More laughs than I expected
Utah. A new frontier. Gold and money corrupt
Maybe the only true currency is friendship
Randolph Scott and Glenn Ford test the bonds of dudes
Charles Vidor directs this amiable Technicolor duster
More laughs than I expected