Note to self: A film from back in the days when we could make movies based solely on tickling the hormones. It’s easy to see some silliness in this film thirty years later, with Mel Gibson occasionally vamping for the camera and his own blatant self-nepotism on display—of course it’s a cross!—but it’s still a surprising film with massive battle scenes, a great leading man and supporting cast, a hyper-manipulative score, love and sex, and a moral fight to the death. This is a movie’s movie and it still butters my popcorn.
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Speak No Evil 2024
Note to Self: It’s time to give up on these things. Another first half with loads of promise, then we switch from the main character being the dad to new main character super mom, give it a typical American action ending, and you know what? It’s no wonder people have a hard time finding meaning in this world. We betray them with every cultural offering we present to them. Either show the dad finally stepping up and either sacrificing himself or just plain failing, or it’s not worth the first half you set it up. This film broke its own rules. An utter waste.
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Johnny Guitar 1954
Every shot that takes place within Vienna's bar contributes to an amazing first 45 minutes of cinema. The staging might be some of the best I've seen, as each actor moves in and out of our conscious awareness almost against our will. We want Vienna to win every battle, and we want Johnny Logan to be more than he seems: with Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden, we get our wish. Crawford uses her face the way Nicholas Ray uses his…
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The Age of Swordfish 1955
Note to self: Everything you ever wanted to know about cinema is in this perfect 10-minute film—framing, depth, color, content, sound, rhythm, drama, and a certain monumentality that we rarely see, if ever
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