Posts Tagged ‘Amadeus’
Film Review – Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody, the Queen biopic widely known to have been addled by production delays, recasts, and firings, emerges like a diamond-clad diva drunk at a party, barely held together by string and champagne, egged on by the fruits of her own legend, a show within…
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2013 Oscar Predictions – Ed’s Picks
The Academy Awards are rapidly approaching. This is an event I’m always excited to watch, even if it’s controlled by so much politics and sometimes the ceremony is a genuine snooze fest. It’s still fun because it has the veneer of respectability. The Golden Globes…
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An Appreciation – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One of the most famous scenes in Milos Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) also foreshadows its oncoming tragedy. The hellraiser R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), desperate to throw some variety into the repetitive, mundane life of a mental institution, asks head nurse Ratched…
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Top 10 of 2012 – Ed’s Picks
2012 was a terrific year at the movies. 2010 and 2011 both felt a little underwhelming at the time. There was some good work, to be sure, but the amount of work that felt new or exciting was less and less. However, this last year…
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Film Review – Lincoln
Simply put, Steven Spielberg’s new film Lincoln is amongst the best he’s ever made and is one of the best of the year. It’s an unusual departure for the director, in that this is probably the most verbose work he’s ever done. But by working…
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Film Review – The Words
The ownership of artistic worth and the nature of truth itself are the weighty topics at the core of the new film The Words. Written and directed by frequent character actor Brian Klugman, this film gives serious emotional weight to the act of artistic creation…
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An Analysis – Amadeus
There is always a film that is the first love; it really gives us that sense that film is more than images on a screen, that there can be deeper meanings, and that has been, for ten years now, the same film for me: Milos…
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Episode 96 – In The Captain’s Chair
Spencer and John discuss Joe Johnston in honor of the release of Captain America, share some favorite period pieces and give their DVD picks of the week.
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