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Year: 2015

Movies

B-Roll: Wim Wenders’ ALICE IN THE CITIES (1974)

Dec 29, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

“See, when you drive through America something happens with you. The images you see change you.” And the road goes on as he pulls the boots from his feet and tosses them to the side […]

Photographic Evidence

Quiet on the Set! Christmas Movies

Dec 24, 2015 The Retro Set 1

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for feel-good, family-friendly, holiday movies that never fail to make you warm and fuzzy inside. For many of these films, it’s almost as though we’re born with […]

Movies

B-Roll: Anthony Mann’s Strangers in the Night (1944)

Dec 23, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

The first time we meet Sgt. Johnny Meadows (William Terry) he lies on a makeshift marine stretcher, face twisted in unspeakable agony as the sounds of the Pacific Theater of World War Two crash and […]

Playlists

Martini ChrisMix: A Spotify Holiday Playlist

Dec 20, 2015 Wade Sheeler 0

   

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For Your Consideration: TRUMBO’s TV Movie Earnestness

Dec 17, 2015 Wade Sheeler 0

There are currently two films in theatres that have a couple things in common. They will undoubtedly garner Oscar attention, and they are both about the same Cold War period in the US , tackling […]

Movies

The Long Start to the Journey: A Review

Dec 16, 2015 Patrick King 1

The Long Start to the Journey begins with a quote, delivered in voiceover by Chris Gallaway, the film’s director. “I decided to walk the Appalachian Trail when I was beginning to love a girl named […]

Movies

B-Roll: Jean Renoir’s NIGHT AT THE CROSSROADS (1932)

Dec 12, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

Darkness falls at the crossroads and near all is silent. Milky fog opaques the inky blackness pierced by an occasional light. In a mechanics shop a worker sniffs a pinch of cocaine hidden in a […]

Opinion

John Lennon: 35 Years Ago Today

Dec 8, 2015 The Retro Set 0

It simply doesn’t seem possible, but it’s true: today marks the 35th anniversary of John Lennon’s tragic death. It’s a particularly difficult subject for me to discuss because, in so many ways, his music occupies a […]

Movies

Iñárritu Goes Full Tilt Cimino with THE REVENANT

Dec 4, 2015 Wade Sheeler 0

Believe everything you’ve heard about The Revenant, both the behind-the-scenes hysteria, as well as those who’ve experienced the almost three hours of visual and auditory assault, as ultimately it will add to the mystique of […]

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The Mystery Horse of Harold Lloyd’s SPEEDY

Dec 3, 2015 Scott McGee 3

[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ust one of the many wonders of silent film is that in every frame, a precious look back at a disappeared place and time is revealed before us. Locked therein are windows to the past. […]

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    Jan 24, 2019 0
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    Jan 17, 2019 0
  • Two From the Vault: Depression Early 70s Style
    Jan 15, 2019 0

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Opinion

  • Corridos and Fairy Tales – Storytelling in The Princess Bride and The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    Nov 27, 2018 0
    In recent months, the Criterion Collection has released two films from the 1980s that are about the art of storytelling. The first, Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride (1987), is a beloved Hollywood classic, based on [...]
  • Andrei Rublev and What Hate Has Wrought

    Nov 2, 2018 0
    [This review was begun the same day as the Oct. 27, 2018 Tree of Life shooting.] They killed eleven Jews in Pittsburgh today, gunned down in their synagogue as they prayed round their holy scriptures. [...]
  • There’s HOPE For Us Yet: Bob Hope from Kino Lorber

    Feb 5, 2018 0
    I may get some hits for this, but I posit that classic film fans generally do not have as great an affinity for the popular movie comedians of the 30s and 40s, as they do [...]
  • Fire Walk with #Me Too: A Personal Retrospective on Twin Peaks

    Fire Walk With # Me Too: A Personal Retrospection on Twin Peaks

    Jan 8, 2018 0
    Reviewing a movie you’ve seen a million times over an almost twenty year period is a hard task, especially when it comes to something that has become a large part of your life and that [...]
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    Dame in the Game: Gloria Grahame

    Jul 19, 2017 2
    Gloria Grahame may not seem to fit alongside the women we typically feature in this column — she didn’t found her own company, become a director, break any particular barriers, or do significant philanthropic work. [...]

Lifestyle

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    Sep 16, 2016 1
  • Rudolph Valentino’s “Secret” Spaghetti Sauce
    Sep 9, 2016 2
  • A Retro MUST See – Clifton’s Cafeteria
    Apr 26, 2016 0
  • My San Francisco Tiki Safari Part 2
    Apr 19, 2016 0
  • My Bay Area Tiki Safari
    Apr 12, 2016 0

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  • George Harrison
    George Harrison, Unsung Beatle
    Feb 25, 2016 1
  • 5 Ways the Jimmy Stewart / Henry Fonda Bromance Will Ruin Your Life
    May 20, 2015 4
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    The 5 Most Ridiculous “Condemned” Movies of All Time
    Mar 17, 2016 3
  • Quiet on the Set! Christmas Movies
    Dec 24, 2015 1
  • Mardi Gras Madness: A New Orleans Spotify Playlist
    Feb 9, 2016 0

Events

  • Cinemondo Is an All New World Cinema Series

    Dec 5, 2018 0
    Link TV, the national independent non-commercial satellite television network, is premiering  a new weekly international film series this Thursday called CINEMONDO that brings cinema from around the world to foreign movie fans.
  • LOST LA: Dream Factory

    Dec 19, 2017 0
    I’m a nut for L.A. history, and when that history melds with the early days of Hollywood, I’m in 100%. So I was very excited to screen LOST LA: The Dream Factory.  Most confounding, was my [...]
  • An Afternoon at the Silent Clowns Film Series

    Jun 14, 2017 2
    The Bruno Walter Auditorium is home to the Silent Clowns Film Series, which boasts itself as “New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase.” For twenty years now, the series has provided the public with [...]
  • The Retro Set Virtual Alt-Fest: Saturday Edition

    Apr 8, 2017 0
    Welcome to the Retro Set Virtual Fest: Saturday Edition! Join the party and follow the links below – no matter where you are! This year, you can watch the films at the same time we do. [...]
  • TCM Film Fest Special Feature: Line up wth Raquel Stecher

    Apr 7, 2017 0
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