8 years ago
The Balcony (10 posts found)
A new section of the theater where you’ll find another view of the silver screen. With lists, galleries, recommendations, and more, the view from above is always swell.
So Long, Farewell: The Balcony is Closing
As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. After many a list, (hypothetical) funeral movie marathon, several galleries, a few obituaries, some group posts, deathly defended films, films we wanted to live in, and other lovely pieces, The Balcony w...
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Spin Me ‘Round: The Early Years of Tarantino’s Music
Quentin Tarantino has always been interested in making films that lie on the intersection of image and music. His career began with a roundtable discussion of Madonna's “Like a Virgin”, and all throughout his early pictures characters are accompanied by radio,...
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All Ear(s): Stealer’s Wheel and That Infamous ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Scene
Quentin Tarantino's knack for always knowing exactly what song to use at any given moment has paid off handsomely throughout his career. For instance, in this scene, Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) turns on the radio, and glides across the slick cement floor, danc...
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The Reeves-urrection: The Second Coming of Keanu Reeves
Just last week, it was announced that Keanu Reeves had joined the cast of Ana Lily Amirpour’s (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) next film titled The Bad Batch. There’s plenty of reasons to be excited about this film, but the fact that Reeves is apart of it on...
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The Women in the Window: Max Ophüls’ Elegance
The woman figure is central to Max Ophuls’ oeuvre. His female protagonists, for the majority of their screen time, often find themselves in pain, because of, well, society, be it financial shortage or unattainable love. As a result, besides the famous use of t...
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Cop Stars: The Best Buddy Cop Films
What happens when you take two great things and mix them together? You get peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, breakfast stouts, snowboarding, candied apples, USB outlets, Freddy vs. Jason, and, perhaps most importantly, buddy cop movies. We’re all drawn to po...
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Dancing Lady: Joan Crawford as Musical Star
When Joan Crawford was 6, she cut her feet badly after leaping over the front porch in an attempt to skip piano lessons. The doctor thought that she could never walk properly afterwards, but eight months and three operations later, she fully recovered and cont...
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Opening Acts 3/20/2015
Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
For your reading enjoyment …
5 Stories You Didn't Know About Fargo, As Told By The Movie's Main Villa...
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Whole Wide World: Living in a Film
Charlie Kaufman once said, “I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night…” Who else but someone as imaginative as Kaufman to say this, the creator of such seemingly real and tangible worlds like the ones in Being John Malkovich and Synecdoc...
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