Christopher Saunders
I do not propose to recount my life in any detail, what is what. No damn business of anybody's, what is what. I am Groggy Dundee, *that* is what!
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Nothing is Written: A Film Blog
http://nothingiswrittenfilm.blogspot.com/
Reviews movies from all eras, countries and genres.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 653 )
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RIP Mike Nichols
Today brings sad news that legendary director Mike Nichols passed away at age 83.Born to German-Jewish parents, Nichols' family fled Germany in 1939 and... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Fugitive (1947)
proved an expensive setback for John Ford. This highbrow religious allegory befuddled audiences used to his Westerns; critics still debate if it's an... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Last Hurrah
Some John Ford films get lost in the shuffle, and The Last Hurrah (1958) seems unfairly overlooked. A poignant if somewhat misguided political drama, it's... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Interstellar, Or Why I'm Sick of Christopher Nolan
For all Christopher Nolan's shortcomings, his fatal flaw is a deficit of humanity. The Dark Knight trilogy's most believable character is a psychotic clown. Read more
Posted on 16 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Lighthorsemen
Simon Wincer's The Lighthorsemen (1987) is a rousing Aussie epic. There's none of Gallipoli's antiwar angst or Breaker Morant's burning injustice: it's a... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Happy Veterans' Day
, or Armistice Day to my non-American readers. A very solemn holiday and one I take seriously, considering the number of veterans in my immediate family. Read more
Posted on 12 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Forty Guns
The Fifties saw myriad female-centric Westerns, usually off-the-wall pictures like Johnny Guitar (1954). Samuel Fuller's Forty Guns (1957) holds up better... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
(1955) is a typical old school war movie. Director Mark Robson competently balances action and melodrama, in a movie remarkable mainly for its ending. Read more
Posted on 09 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Touch of Evil
(1958) is the sort of oddball movie that delights cineastes while alienating everyone else. Orson Welles' film noir is a patchwork of brilliant direction,... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Groggy's Birthday and More Fritz Lang
Groggy turned 26 today and celebrated with a new Moviepilot article synthesizing some recent writings/viewings: Fritz Lang's Anti-Nazi Films. Besides the... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Cloak and Dagger
Usually ranked among Fritz Lang's worst movies, Cloak and Dagger (1946) is highly entertaining. Critics lament the film's studio-imposed censorship: it's still... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Ministry of Fear
(1944) is Fritz Lang's best anti-Nazi film. More streamlined than Man Hunt and less scalding than Hangmen Also Die!, it benefits from emphasizing thriller... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock enjoyed crafting art films within established genres. Psycho (1960) is a warped character study disguised as a B Movie. Read more
Posted on 27 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Carrie (2013)
Stephen King's Carrie inspired one successful film, so why not a remake? That's probably the only thought anyone put into tonight's monumental mediocrity. Read more
Posted on 25 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Groggy on Moviepilot: The Charge of the Light Brigade, Redux
Groggy, if you look before you, you'll see neither audience nor page views. The usefulness of such an article eludes me!Groggy revisits an old favorite, yet... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Carrie (1976)
Brian De Palma scored his breakthrough with Carrie (1976), a flashy adaptation of Stephen King's novel. This supernatural study of adolescent angst makes a... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
If...
Lindsay Anderson started as a critic, co-founded the Free Cinema Movement and debuted with This Sporting Life (1963). That film's Expressionist touches soon... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Theatre of Blood
(1973) is a unique Shakespearean slasher movie. Vincent Price considered this his favorite role, infusing his classical stage training into a typically... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Opera
Horror fans consider Opera (1987) one of Dario Argento's masterworks, yet it showcases his worst tendencies. While providing a surfeit of stylish slayings,... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Shadow of the Vampire
An uneven black comedy, E. Elias Merhige's Shadow of the Vampire (2000) depicts the filming of Nosferatu as a battle of wills between artist and monster. Read more
Posted on 14 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES