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I’d recommend Magnificent Obsession (1935)—also directed by Stahl—but I found Robert Taylor terribly annoying in it.
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I’d recommend Magnificent Obsession (1935)—also directed by Stahl—but I found Robert Taylor terribly annoying in it.
Back Street (1932), directed by John Stahl
December 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Back Street (1932), directed by John Stahl
Always nice to spot Shiva in a movie. I like to make believe that he’s playing the same character.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Always nice to spot Shiva in a movie. I like to make believe that he’s playing the same character.
Thank you. I just found out that Der kleine Prinz is available on Kanopy now.
June 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thank you. I just found out that Der kleine Prinz is available on Kanopy now.
No, I haven’t been able to find it. That along with Genesung, Leute mit Flügeln (People with Wings), and Der Kleine Prinz remain unseen by me.
June 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
No, I haven’t been able to find it. That along with Genesung, Leute mit Flügeln (People with Wings), and Der Kleine Prinz remain unseen by me.
Save for Sonnensucher (Sun Seekers), which appears to have been a troubled production, the rest of his filmography is quite remarkable.
June 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Save for Sonnensucher (Sun Seekers), which appears to have been a troubled production, the rest of his filmography is quite remarkable.
I remember Sonja Sutter being very good in it.
June 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I remember Sonja Sutter being very good in it.
And although Lancaster’s wasn’t perhaps the first face which came to mind when I read it, it became hard to picture anyone else as Don Fabrizio after I saw the movie. Have you seen the teaser trailer for the new adaptation?
November 22, 2024 at 11:03 PM
And although Lancaster’s wasn’t perhaps the first face which came to mind when I read it, it became hard to picture anyone else as Don Fabrizio after I saw the movie. Have you seen the teaser trailer for the new adaptation?
Il bandito (Dir. Alberto Lattuada; 1946)
November 3, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Il bandito (Dir. Alberto Lattuada; 1946)
My favourite scene in the movie.
July 25, 2024 at 1:15 AM
My favourite scene in the movie.
Save “The Legend of the Holy Drinker”, an extraordinarily beautiful and tender film about despair and grace, for the last.
May 6, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Save “The Legend of the Holy Drinker”, an extraordinarily beautiful and tender film about despair and grace, for the last.
I fidanzati. Perhaps one of the finest pictures I’ve ever seen about loneliness.
May 6, 2024 at 1:56 AM
I fidanzati. Perhaps one of the finest pictures I’ve ever seen about loneliness.
Marvelous picture. Every Olmi film I watch becomes my new favourite for a while, only to be displaced by the next one.
May 6, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Marvelous picture. Every Olmi film I watch becomes my new favourite for a while, only to be displaced by the next one.
The Arrow Films release seems to be available on Amazon. At least certain seasons if not the complete series.
April 10, 2024 at 3:16 AM
The Arrow Films release seems to be available on Amazon. At least certain seasons if not the complete series.
I know, right?! Considering my shopping cart has been growing despite my best efforts to pare it down over the past day or so, you’d think they’d do the opposite of rushing me.
March 31, 2024 at 1:23 AM
I know, right?! Considering my shopping cart has been growing despite my best efforts to pare it down over the past day or so, you’d think they’d do the opposite of rushing me.
Given the man’s acute wish for privacy during his life, this sounds like perhaps how he would have wanted it. I really want to read it though.
March 30, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Given the man’s acute wish for privacy during his life, this sounds like perhaps how he would have wanted it. I really want to read it though.
At some point I’d like to read the biography by James Downs.
March 30, 2024 at 3:09 AM
At some point I’d like to read the biography by James Downs.
It’s an excellent idea. Perhaps it could include a brief section set during the making of "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp", particularly his confrontation with Churchill.
March 30, 2024 at 2:41 AM
It’s an excellent idea. Perhaps it could include a brief section set during the making of "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp", particularly his confrontation with Churchill.
Haskin and Tourneur! And a Brian Keith picture!
March 29, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Haskin and Tourneur! And a Brian Keith picture!
Nearly every single title put out by Second Run and Third Window Films feels like it’s worth my time.
March 29, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Nearly every single title put out by Second Run and Third Window Films feels like it’s worth my time.