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25 Days of Christmas: Inside (2007)
Answer this question before reading tonight’s review: How do you generally enjoy spending your Christmas? Is it sitting by the fireside and reveling in a classic Christmas film about family and the...
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Repulsion (1965)
I know someone will send me a comment (or at least I hope) that I didn’t like this movie because I didn’t “get it” and sure having only seen this once, for the first time, I probably didn’t get a...
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The Road to the Oscars: The Artist (2011)
The Artist was one of a handful of movies I was dying to see at the start of 2011 and it did not disappoint. This year’s nominees hearken back to days gone by, and two showcase the pure joy of cinema...
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New Running Feature: Kristen’s Netflix Top 10
Much like the TCM Top Twelve (which I still need to create a banner for) I’m creating a new running feature. I have a pretty hefty Netflix queue (at one point I’d hit the maximum of 500 movies…I...
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25 Days of Christmas: Joyeux Noel (2005)
This review originally ran Christmas Eve 2011. I finally purchased this on DVD this year and it’s become a staple in my household. It’s multilingual story is still relateable today and the...
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The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Easter’s come and gone, and I generally don’t celebrate the holiday by watching movies; that’s going to change today! Twilight Time has released The Song of Bernadette, the 1943 Oscar nominated film...
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Gigi (1958)
This is what happens when inspiration knocks. I originally had zero plans to review Gigi. I’d seen it years ago and didn’t care for it, but figured I’d give it the benefit of the doubt; my youth...
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The Bride Wore Black (1968)
The universal nature of cinema is best illustrated through tributes by other directors. Acclaimed French director Francois Truffaut, part of the French New Wave, was directly influenced by the work of...
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Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
Director Francois Truffaut will always be associated with iconic works like The 400 Blows (1959) and Jules and Jim (1962). And yet the man directed 27 films outside of those two. Twilight Time recently...
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Donkey Skin (1970)
As much as I hate to let my Americanism show, it crops up the worst when it comes to cinema. I don’t have a natural aversion to foreign cinema, but Britain is usually my go-to foreign country. The few...
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