the mother and the whore (jean eustache, 1973)
WEB1 day ago · The Mother and the Whore has achieved universal critical acclaim over the years. It was #94 on the most recent Sight and Sound poll (between Parasite and The Shining) and it's #105 on the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They list of the top 1000 films of all time. Way back when I and a couple of friends did a long, Fave Fifty Films thread on Facebook, Jeff Pike had it as #4 on his list.
Steven Rubio's Online Life: from up on poppy hill (goro miyazaki, …
WEB3 days ago · This is the second film directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of the great Hayao (who co-wrote the script). Compared to some of the classic Ghibli movies, From Up on Poppy Hill is relatively straightforward, missing much of the flights of fantasy associated with Goro's father. It tells the story of teenage love in 1963 Japan, with specific ties to the ...
Steven Rubio's Online Life
WEBAug 26, 2024 · This was the first time in nearly a month that we had a Geezer movie, and almost two months since we'd been to a theater." On June 19, I broke my ankle. We hadn't gone to a theater or had a Geezer Tuesday since Furiosa. Finally, two months, two weeks, and two days later, we went to a theater for Geezer Cinema #242: Didi.
losing it at the movies: jaws (steven spielberg, 1975) - Steven …
WEBSep 28, 2019 · losing it at the movies: jaws (steven spielberg, 1975) Saturday, September 28, 2019. Picking this up after a break of three months, this is the seventh in a series, "Losing It at the Movies," which is explained here. In 5001 Nights at the Movies, Pauline Kael wrote of Jaws: It may be the most cheerfully perverse scare movie ever made.
chungking express (wong kar-wai, 1994) - Steven Rubio's Online Life
WEBJul 29, 2024 · Takeshi Kaneshiro's portrayal of a man clinging to the past is both heartbreaking and relatable. What makes "Chungking Express" a standout is its ability to find beauty in the mundane. Wong Kar-wai transforms everyday moments into something poetic and profound, capturing the ephemeral nature …
tombstone (george p. cosmatos, 1993) - Steven Rubio's Online Life
WEBAug 7, 2024 · While it's not nearly as long as Wyatt Earp, Tombstone goes on forever. We get the famous shootout at the OK Corral, look at the clock, and realize there's still an hour to go. Basically, Tombstone is kinda boring. But it has one thing that raises it to a much higher standard: Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday. Kilmer is tremendous, idiosyncratic ...
Steven Rubio's Online Life: larry blakes
WEBFeb 8, 2011 · Blake opened the restaurant in 1940 with a $700 investment. The restaurant's initial selling point was that it was the first establishment within a mile of campus to gain an alcohol license. Before this breakthrough, thirsty Cal students had to travel to Oakland, Albany or San Pablo Avenue to imbibe. Larry Blake's second claim to fame was the ...
Revisiting the 9s - Steven Rubio's Online Life
WEBApr 4, 2024 · [This is the twenty-first in a series that will probably be VERY intermittent, if I remember to post at all. I've long known that while I have given my share of 10-out-of-10 ratings for movies over the years, in almost every case, those movies are fairly old.
Steven Rubio's Online Life: negamco and me
WEBAug 24, 2020 · negamco and me. Monday, August 24, 2020. My grandson just turned 8, and he never seems to run out of things to do or to think about. Part of this comes from his parents, both of whom know a lot of different things that they love to pass along to him. So he is already a bigger expert on all sorts of subjects than is his old grandpa.
danny kustow - Steven Rubio's Online Life
WEBDanny Kustow died a few days ago. He was best known as the guitarist for the original Tom Robinson Band. I wrote this back in 2006... it's worth checking out the entire post, there's some good tidbits in there ... but here is the part that references Kustow in particular, lightly edited:. The Tom Robinson Band was coming to town, we were big fans, he was playing somewhere semi-large in the ...