Tag Archives: Films

Tootsie

Posted on August 12, 2013 by TBM

The last two movies on the AFI list were intense films: Saving Private Ryan and A Clockwork Orange. When I saw Tootsie was up next I was relieved to have a comedy. I watched it on a Saturday night after … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AFI, AFI Top 100 Movies, American Film Institute, Bill Murray, Charles Dunning, Comedy-Drama, Dabney Coleman, Dustin Hoffman, Films, Geena Davis, Jackie Cangro, Jessica Lange, Movie Review, Movies, Sydney Pollack, Teri Garr, The Oddness of Moving Things, Tootsie | 46 Comments

Two Films by Alfred Hitchcock

Posted on February 26, 2013 by TBM

In 2012 I read two novels (The Thirty-Nine Steps and Jamaica Inn) that Alfred Hitchcock made into films during the 1930s. The 39 Steps movie, based on the novel by John Buchan, was released in 1935. Three other film versions … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, British Films, Daphne du Maurier, Films, Jamaica Inn, John Buchan, Lucie Mannheim, Madeleine Carroll, Movies, Robert Donat, Spy Thrillers, The 39 Steps, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Thrillers, World Cinema Series | 18 Comments

The Scent of the Green Papaya

Posted on January 22, 2013 by TBM

I mentioned that I wanted to travel more via foreign films this year. My first destination was Vietnam. The Scent of the Green Papaya is a Vietnamese-language film that was produced in France. Tran Anh Hung, who is Vietnamese and … Continue reading →

Posted in World Cinema Series | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film, Blog, Blogging, Camera d’Or prize, Cannes Film Festival, Films, Foreign Films, Man San Lu, Movie Reviews, Movies, Pre Vietnam War, Saigon, The Scent of the Green Papaya, Thi Loc Truong, Tran Anh Hung, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese Life and Society, World Cinema Series | 25 Comments

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