I Origins (2014) – Mike Cahill (Friday’s Finest) - This week on Friday’s Finest we showcase another recent low budget – independent Sci-Fi movie called I-Origins. Like last week’s movie The Man From Earth, this movie probes profound questions about the human existence. I-Origins is a highly original movie…
26/11 – 2/12 incl. Movie stars, Little Books, The Moon, The Buddha and Jazz - Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Deepfake Roundtable: Cruise, Downey Jr., Lucas & More – The Streaming Wars | Above the Line Roundtable video discussion at Collider Videos: With the…
The Man From Earth (2007) – Richard Schenkman (Friday’s Finest) - Imagine you are at an impromptu farewell party for a work colleague and it becomes a mysterious interrogation and the retiring scholar whom you are fare-welling reveals he has a longer and stranger past than you could possibly imagine. The…
Remains of the Day (1993) – James Ivory (Friday’s Finest) - Stevens: In my philosophy, Mr. Benn, a man cannot call himself well-contented until he has done all he can to be of service to his employer. Of course, this assumes that one’s employer is a superior person, not only in…
The Goodbye Girl (1977) – Herbot Ross (Friday’s Finest) - The Goodbye Girl is the first US film we have featured on ‘Friday’s finest’ for a while. I’m very partial to it because it is one of my mother’s favourite films. Also the film’s theme song was my favourite from…
Full Index of Movies and TV
- I Origins (2014) – Mike Cahill (Friday’s Finest)
- 26/11 – 2/12 incl. Movie stars, Little Books, The Moon, The Buddha and Jazz
- The Man From Earth (2007) – Richard Schenkman (Friday’s Finest)
- Remains of the Day (1993) – James Ivory (Friday’s Finest)
- The Goodbye Girl (1977) – Herbot Ross (Friday’s Finest)
- Wild Tales (Argentina 2014) – Damián Szifron
- Ida (2013) – Pawel Pawlikowski (Friday’s Finest)
- Loveless (Russia) 2017 – Andrey Zvyagintsev (Friday’s Finest)
- Bobby Fischer – My 60 Memorable Games (First printing 1969)
- 15/10 – 21/10 incl. Springsteen, Madness of the Crowds and Poltergeist
- Ordet (1955) – Carl Theodor Dreyer (Friday’s Finest)
- Another Day of Sun (La La Land) – Justin Hurwitz
- The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina 2009) – Juan José Campanella
- No Filter Boxing – Wilder vs Fury fight
- 1/10 – 7/10 incl. Spanish-Language movies, Paul Rudd and Upstream
- Waterland (1992) – Stephen Gyllenhaal (Friday’s Finest)
- Alby Mangels – Beyond World Safari (Lynn Santer)
- 24/9 – 30/9 incl. Astronomy, IT (Chapter 2) and Mercury 7 Pre-Launch Facilities
- Running on Empty – Sidney Lumet (Friday’s Finest)
- Tokyo Story (1953) – Yasujirô Ozu (Friday’s Finest)
- Once (2007) – John Carney (Friday’s Finest)
- The Mosquito Coast – Peter Weir (1986)
- Monos (2019) – Alejandro Landes (Colombian entry for the best international feature film – Oscars)
- Dogville (2003) – Lars Von Trier (Friday’s Finest)
- 20/8 – 26/8 Manson/Epstein, Tarantino, Springsteen & Humanity’s Future
- Paris, Texas (1984) – Wim Wenders (Friday’s Finest)
- A Separation (2011) – Asghar Farhadi (Friday’s finest)
- Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975- Peter Weir (Friday’s Finest)
- A Lovely Night – Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)
- Put to Seinfeld… ‘Actor, Writer, Producer – Which of Larry David’s Skills do you admire the most?’
- The highly anticpated ‘The Irishman’ – Martin Scorsese
- Rocketman- Elton Hercules John!
- The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde (adapted and directed by Orson Welles)
- Music homage films abound in 2019 (Beatles, Springsteen, Elton John & Bob Dylan)
- The Master (2012) – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Lost Horizon (1937) – Frank Capra
- Sleeper (1973) – Woody Allen
- Reflections on the ‘Who Killed JFK’ article
- A little known Australian movie called ‘Candy’ and Tim Buckley’s ‘Song to the Siren’
- Mandy – An art-house supernatural horror trip
- Crikey! ‘That’s a tough mother bleepin’ wooden door’
- Could watching the Phantom Thread become a *new* New Year’s tradition?
- Roma – A Latino Cinematic Masterpiece (2018)
- Moneyball and Wallstreet
- Keep On Sleeping With Ham Sarris #1 – Against Empathy (With Plaul Boom)
- I think Neil deGrasse Tyson just invented Intellectual Porn
- The greatest cover up in history – The unheralded Robert Zimmerman
- Did the RIO Olympics Deliver?
- Hail, Caesar! – A playful but unrealised Coen Brothers romp
- Bridge of Spies (2015) – Steven Spielberg
- Heaven Knows What (2014)
- The Wonder Years and ‘Catch The Wind’
- 20 Seconds of Insane Courage
- Another Earth (2011) What is it about?
- Love is Strange – A Movie You Shouldn’t Miss
- The greatest Larry David interview anyone could hope for
- Transformational Leadership at its most potent – Gandhi
- “It’s like a big ship… and the water’s on fire.” Tom Waits on David Letterman
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) – Woody Allen
- Blue is the Warmest Colour
- ‘Being There’ – A fairly solid depressing tale but not an overly satisfying one.
- Manhattan – A stupendous movie about dating and relationships
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
- Sigur Rós – Njósnavélin (The Nothing Song) and Cameron Crowe
- Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Ingmar Bergman
- Who Killed JFK? The Kennedy Assassination – Beyond Conspiracy
- The Lego Movie. Be Wary of the Hype.
- Inside Llewyn Davis – The Coen Brothers
- Chrysler and Bob Dylan Super Bowl Commercial 2014
- Interesting Reactions to the ‘The Oscars has lost all respectability’ post
- ‘The Oscars’ has lost all ounce of respectability as a serious award contest.
- Jerry Seinfeld – All Awards are Stupid
- Comedy and the Ages. Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson
- Winter Light (1963) – Ingmar Bergman
- ‘Love and Theft’ – American Hustle (2013)
- Ingmar Bergman and Wild Strawberries
- Barton Fink (Coen Brothers) – A Screenplay Masterpiece
