Shoot the Glass

How does one go about reviewing a movie like this? Well, let me first start by saying that is was the first Werner Herzog / Klaus Kinski collaboration I’ve seen. It’s also their first, and I was more than a little nervous.
The opening shot is one of the most fantastic opening shots I’ve ever seen; [...]

I am told that this, along with It’s a Wonderful Life, is the movie that gets played most during the holiday season on American TV. Meanwhile, it’s not even available on DVD in Europe. It made me wonder if this was going to be a very American story, and the powers that be didn’t think [...]

The plot description for this movie really couldn’t have appealed to me more. Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant in a Mike Newell movie about life in a theatre in the 40s. Sounds like right up my alley.
So what went wrong? I don’t really know, but somehow it didn’t completely gel, and it turned out to [...]

I had been meaning to see this movie for a while. I had been told it was incredible sad and depressing, which may be why I kept putting it off. I was also told it was a haunting and beautiful story. All these things are true.
The animation is absolutely beautiful, and it’s so refreshing to [...]

It may seem quite remarkable that this movie appears on three of my four lists, but really, it’s no wonder. This movie is a classic for a reason.
I don’t feel the need to point out that the writing by Tennessee Williams is absolutely superb — that should go without saying — but Kazan’s treatment of [...]