Guillermo del Toro‘s use of the term “sentimental favorite” means “it was pretty bad but it made a big impression on me anyway because I watched it a lot when I was young and it saturated my brain.” The definitive film versio of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame is William Dieterle’s 1939 version, with Charles Laughton in the lead role. Maureen O’Hara, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Edmond O’Brien costarred.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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Posted on 11.27.23: “One thing that’s always bothered me about Virginia Wolff is that George and Martha’s young guests —...
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