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10 Best Films of 2017: Rogerebert.com

Posted on December 13, 2017 by sheila

From our critics’ poll, the Rogerebert.com editors compiled the 10 Best Films of 2017. I wrote the “blurb” for Personal Shopper, and it was a pleasure to do so. But check out the whole list, plus commentary from all our … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged biopic, coming of age, drama, Emily Dickinson, England, Garrett Hedlund, Greta Gerwig, historical drama, Italy, Kristen Stewart, Paul Thomas Anderson, romantic drama, women directors | 1 Comment

Gotham Awards Nominations Announcement

Posted on October 19, 2017 by sheila

This is my third year serving on one of the nominating committees for the annual Gotham Awards. I served on the committee for Best Breakthrough Performance twice, and this year, I was honored to serve with David Ehrlich, Alison Willmore, … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged coming of age, documentary, drama, Harry Dean Stanton, Italy, women directors | 4 Comments

2017 Movies That Should Be On Your Radar

Posted on October 12, 2017 by sheila

These are movies either out now or opening soon. I’ll do a more comprehensive round-up of all the movies later in the year once I’ve seen more. In the meantime: Director: Sean Baker Screenplay: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch U.S. release … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged biopic, coming of age, David Lynch, drama, Gloria Grahame, Harry Dean Stanton, historical drama, Italy | 11 Comments

September 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on October 2, 2016 by sheila

Kicks (2016; d. Justin Tipping) Absolutely loved it. There have been so many excellent first-time directors making features this year. My review for Rogerebert.com. Kiss Me Deadly (1955; d. Robert Aldrich) I love this bizarre paranoid insanely phantasmagorical … film … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, Belgium, Ben Gazzara, Brazil, Bringing Up Baby, Carroll Baker, Cary Grant, Coen brothers, Denmark, documentary, Eli Wallach, Elia Kazan, Elizabeth Taylor, Eminem, England, France, George Stevens, Howard Hawks, Italy, Jack Garfein, James Dean, Jean Arthur, Jimmy Stewart, John Sturges, Karl Malden, Kate Winslet, Katharine Hepburn, Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mildred Dunnock, Miriam Hopkins, Montgomery Clift, Myrna Loy, Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Meeker, Rebecca Hall, Supernatural, Tennessee Williams, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, William Powell, William Wyler | 15 Comments

May 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on June 2, 2016 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 3, Episode 5, “Bedtime Stories” (2007; d. Mike Rohl) So silly. Supernatural, Season 3, Episode 6, “Red Sky at Morning” (2007; d. Cliff Bole) I like this episode a lot. I don’t care that the SPN writers threw … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Alain Delon, Bette Davis, Cuba, Elvis Presley, France, Greece, Italy, John Garfield, Michelangelo Antonioni, River Phoenix, Sidney Lumet, Supernatural, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones | 66 Comments

Film Society at Lincoln Center: Anna Magnani Retrospective 5/18-6/1

Posted on May 19, 2016 by sheila

In a recent radio interview about Gena Rowlands, host Jason Di Rosso asked me what other actresses might even enter the foyer of the foyer of what Gena Rowlands does as an actress. I’ve got my Top 4: Gena Rowlands, … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged Anna Magnani, Gena Rowlands, Italy | Leave a comment

January 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on February 1, 2016 by sheila

“30 for 30” Chasing Tyson (2015; d. Steve Cantor) I love the 30 for 30 series on ESPN but had never seen this one, the story of Evander Holyfield’s pursuit of Mike Tyson. I’ve got a Tyson thing. I loved … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Bill Murray, Channing Tatum, France, Iranian film, Italy, J. Miller Tobin, Japan, Rebecca Hall, Richard Widmark, Sofia Coppola, Supernatural, war | 23 Comments

Recommended Books: Fiction

Posted on July 26, 2015 by sheila

I’ve added to this list. I still want to do a Non-Fiction one, eventually, but … you know … time permitting. Some authors are represented multiple times here. Other authors aren’t represented at all. For no real reason. Don’t read … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, James Joyce | Tagged 1984, A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Tale of Two Cities, A.S. Byatt, Amongst Women, Annie Proulx, Arthur Koestler, At Swim-Two-Birds, Austria, Bad Behavior, Beware of Pity, Birds of America, Bleak House, Canada, Cat's Eye, Catch-22, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Christine Falls, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, Crime and Punishment, Curtis Sittenfeld, Darkness at Noon, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dublin, Dubliners, East of Eden, Edna O'Brien, Elinor Lipman, England, Evelyn Waugh, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flann O'Brien, Franny and Zooey, friends, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Geek Love, George Eliot, George Orwell, Going After Cacciato, Handmaid's Tale, Henry James, Herman Melville, Hopeful Monsters, House of Leaves, Huckleberry Finn, Hungary, Inherent Vice, Iran, Ireland, Italy, J.D. Salinger, James Salter, Jane Eyre, Jeanette Winterson, Jincy Willett, Joan Didion, John Banville, John Irving, John McGahern, John Steinbeck, Joseph Heller, Joshua Ferris, Joy Williams, Katherine Dunn, Keri Hulme, L.M. Montgomery, Lives of the Saints, Lorrie Moore, Margaret Atwood, Mark Danielewski, Mark Helprin, Mary Gaitskill, Master and Margarita, Mating, Michael Chabon, Middlemarch, Mikhail Bulgakov, Moby Dick, Nancy Lemann, New Zealand, Nicholas Mosley, Norman Rush, Patricia Highsmith, Patrick O'Brian, Philip K. Dick, Play It As It Lays, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Possession, Prep, Russia, Scoop, Sergei Kirov, Sexing the Cherry, Shirley Jackson, Stefan Zweig, Stephen King, Tana French, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Bone People, The Country Girls, The Dead, The Grass Harp, The Great Gatsby, The Passion, The Shipping News, Tim O'Brien, Truman Capote, Victor Serge, Villette, Winter's Tale | 103 Comments

May 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on June 1, 2015 by sheila

The X-Files, Season 2 Episode 20 “Humbug” (1995; d. Kim Manners). Mulder and Scully investigate murders among circus-folk. Laugh-out-loud funny, especially Mulder in the fun-house, sliding out of the wall, gun drawn. The X-Files, Season 2 Episode 22 “The Calusari” … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Argentina, China, documentary, Ellen Burstyn, England, France, Iran, Iranian film, Italy, Joaquin Phoenix, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Scorsese, Mia Hansen-Løve, Michelangelo Antonioni, Otto Preminger, Robert Mitchum, Russia, Supernatural, X-Files | 45 Comments

April 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on May 1, 2015 by sheila

About Elly (2009; d. Asghar Farhadi). At long last. Wrote it up here. Misery Loves Comedy (2015; d. Kevin Pollak). Navel-gazing documentary about comedians and how they think about what they do. A cast of thousands. Lots of great anecdotes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Agnes Varda, Albert Maysles, Argentina, Asghar Farhadi, baseball, Chantal Akerman, Denmark, documentary, France, Iran, Iranian film, Italy, Jean-Luc Godard, John Wayne, Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sandrine Bonnaire, Supernatural, Sweden, X-Files | 32 Comments

Tag Archives: Italy

10 Best Films of 2017: Rogerebert.com

Gotham Awards Nominations Announcement

2017 Movies That Should Be On Your Radar

September 2016 Viewing Diary

May 2016 Viewing Diary

Film Society at Lincoln Center: Anna Magnani Retrospective 5/18-6/1

January 2016 Viewing Diary

Recommended Books: Fiction

May 2015 Viewing Diary

April 2015 Viewing Diary

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