“Noir”

The “Film Noir” genre from the 40’ and 50’s, a label used primarily for crime dramas of that time, were mostly in black & white. They’re famous for their evocative, often lurid, pulpy titles, the snappy dialogue, the scrappy, tough guys in trench coats, (Bogart, Robinson, Ladd) and the...

50th Anniversary of ‘Kind of Blue’ and ‘Giant Steps’

Don’t know how to think about this, but I was there to see Miles and Coltrane. Sometimes on a Sunday afternoon at the Huntspoint Palace or on a Saturday evening at the Rene (Harlem Renaissance Ballroom). Loved the music but had no idea how important Miles and Coltrane would become. Jazz at Lincoln...

DVD Corner: “Children of Men “

I rented it again. This is a good movie! “Children of Men” (Released in 2006, now on DVD). Set 20 years into the future, women are no longer able to bring a fetus to full term. A 17 year old, the youngest person in the world, dies suddenly and there is universal mourning. Perhaps as a result of air...

Internet Days?

Films can paint a comprehensive picture about a time that we are not very familiar with.  Woody Allen‘s “Radio Days” deals with a period in history that we are now being told is similar to what we are experiencing at this moment. What the characters in this movie hold onto, so they can get...

It’s Award Time Again!

Award season is here – SAG, Directors Guild, Golden Globes and of course the Academy Awards in 2 weeks. Was just thinking over past winners and there are many multi-taskers among them. They say that everyone has at least one good book in them (The rules: “write what you know”. “Write about what...