Widower's Tango
Friday, October 31, 2014
The Frighteners
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I don't have much use for horror movies. The number of times in which I was scared by something in a movie is very low. (The overabund...
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Scowls of a Summer Night
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In the opening credits of Smiles of a Summer Night , a title announces that it as "en romantish komedi av Ingmar Bergman." By ...
Sunday, October 19, 2014
The Blue Angel
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I was moved to watch The Blue Angel (1930) last week, after reading one of Stanley Kauffmann's reviews - something I do almost daily,...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The Right One
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In the long and mostly unrewarding history of remakes, nothing better illustrates the differences between Hollywood and the rest of the ...
Thursday, October 9, 2014
The Detrimental Tourist
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No journey is truly aimless. There is always some ineluctable force that drives us this way or that, with or without an itinerary. Explore...
Saturday, October 4, 2014
The Fine Art of Remembering
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Every now and then there are reports in the news about a Japanese prime minister visiting a shrine called Yasukuni that honors - or at le...
Monday, September 29, 2014
Pitched in Judah: Addendum
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Last month, a reader commented on my post, " Pitched in Judah ," and I responded. Succeeding comments developed into a debate t...
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