Director Talk – Stanley Kubrick

Ian: Welcome back to Director Talk everyone.  Today the Talk is centered around one of the most uniquely successful directors there has ever been really; Stanley Kubrick.  Fogs, Cooper and myself are all here, and I’m going to start things off by throwing this question out there: do you remember what the first Kubrick film […]

My Top Ten Movies of the 60s

10. The Birds (1963)   The Birds is a movie I honestly didn’t think I would end up liking, thinking its just a silly horror flick.  But it has all of the great Hitchcockisms which make his works so great; fantastic dialogue with lots of wit, and a visual panache for storytelling.  Not to mention […]

The Ten Greatest Movie Endings

Once again, I am issuing a blanket spoiler warning for my whole next list. None of the entries are too recent, but consider yourself forewarned nonetheless. 10. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) The ending of The Silence of the Lambs provides both closure and open-endedness at the same time. It wraps up the relationship […]

AFI Recap: #21 – #30

21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) – This is the ultimate American story about the great depression.  It is well directed and has some real moments of gold.  But for all that it can be quite dull and dreary. — 22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – A true masterpiece, yet I still find it […]