A fondness for inept criminals

Each week on the Filmspotting podcast, the hosts (Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen) end the show with a top five in some category -- top five...

No "short wait" to revisit the original

I'll be seeing Total Recall this weekend. The 1990 version, not the 2012 version. Call it the remnants of an Arnold Schwarzenegger bing...

Sunset Boulevard is taunting me

Remember this post ? When I was trying to figure out the movie I should be most ashamed of not having seen? The results from the comments se...

I won't read, but I'll listen

In a film discussion group on Facebook in which I am a semi-active member, we've been discussing recently the idea that we don't lik...

The wrong time to impose structure

I can't imagine ever giving up the DVD-through-the-mail option from Netflix. Oh, I know there will come a time when technological advanc...

Getting acquainted with ... Krzysztof Kieslowski

This is the sixth in my Getting Acquainted series. I watch three films per month by cinematic talents whose works has largely eluded me so ...