Trailers for Movies I Like: Sangre de mi Sangre (2008)
by HELEN GEIB
A monthly series. Title self-explanatory.
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Trailers for Movies I Like: In Bruges (2008)
by HELEN GEIB
A monthly series. Title self-explanatory.
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Trailers for Movies I Like: A Christmas Carol (1951)
by HELEN GEIB
An occasional series. Title self-explanatory.
Note: Scrooge was re-titled A Christmas Carol for the American release
Trailers for Movies I Like: Topsy-Turvy (1999)
by HELEN GEIB
An occasional series. Title self-explanatory.
Trailers for Movies I Like: Chocolate (2008)
by HELEN GEIB
An occasional series. Title self-explanatory.
Trailers for Movies I Like: Faust (1926)
by HELEN GEIB
An occasional series. Title self-explanatory.
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Related Commentary Track Post: Faust and the Art of Silent Film Music
Trailers for Movies I Like: Sugar (2009)
by HELEN GEIB
An occasional series. Title self-explanatory.
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Trailers for Movies I Like: Sanjuro (1962)
by HELEN GEIB
An occasional series. Title self-explanatory.
The trailer for May was Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961), starring Toshiro Mifune in one of his great and indelible performances. Whenever I watch Yojimbo, which is every year or so, I have to watch Sanjuro (1962) soon after.
And because Sanjuro leads to Incident at Blood Pass (1970), here’s a bonus trailer:
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Yojimbo Times Four, an overview of Yojimbo and its sequels
Free-Talking on Cinema, Movies, and Film (May, 2011)
by HELEN GEIB
[Note: The monthly Free-Talking post is updated every five days, give or take a day every now and then.]
MAY 23, 2011- FORMAT CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
Starting next week the “free-talking” running post will be broken out into weekly posts, beginning with the monthly discussion question on the first Wednesday of June.
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MAY 17, 2011- (RANDOM) TRAILER OF THE MONTH
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Free-Talking on Cinema, Movies, and Film (April, 2011)
by HELEN GEIB
Free-Talking Series: Next Post
[Note: The monthly Free-Talking post is updated every five days, give or take a day every now and then.]
APRIL 25, 2011- I’M NOT DEPRESSED ANYMORE, OR MY APRIL AT THE MOVIES RECAP
So last week I was in Phoenix for a software training course. Or to be more accurate, in the middle of the anonymous, endless suburban sprawl that is greater Phoenix. I went looking for a Borders (to feed my manga addiction) and in the same mall found a 25 screen movie theater. Yes, you read that right. Twenty. Five. Screens. Needless to say there wasn’t anything like 25 movies filling those 25 screens. Between Arthur and Hop Russell Brand alone occupied five of them, which says pretty much all there is to say about that. Read more
