Du Rififi Chez les Hommes (1955, Jules Dassin) Oooh, fun, another heist movie. I do so love a good heist movie. This reminded me a lot of another heist movie I saw recently: The Killing (read my review). It has some similar elements, and I enjoyed them both immensely. Here, we get to meet Tony le [...]
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Casino (1995, Martin Scorsese) Casino is another mafia movie from Martin Scorsese, and I thought it was inferior to Goodfellas in every possible way. Maybe I’ve just seen too many similar (and better) movies, but I was just not impressed with this at all. We get to follow Ace (Robert De Niro) and Nicky (Joe Pesci), [...]
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Amores Perros (2000, Alejandro González Iñárritu) As with many other movies in the last ten years or so, Amores Perros is told in a non-linear fashion, with multiple intertwining story lines. Three stories are told in all, and they are connected through a horrific car crash. The movie is set in Mexico City. Octavio (Gael García [...]
Monday, June 30, 2008
Per Qualche Dollaro in Più (1965, Sergio Leone) For some reason, this second movie in Leone’s “dollars” trilogy was the only one I hadn’t seen. Well, calling it a trilogy is really something of a misnomer, since the three are only loosely connected. And using “the man with no name” is not really correct either, [...]
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Les Diaboliques (1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot) Three weeks ago, I had no idea who Henri-Georges Clouzot was. Now, I’ve seen two of his movies and both are masterpieces. He made this right after Le Salaire de la Peur (read my review), yet it’s an entirely different kind of movie. Unlike Le Salaire de la Peur, very little [...]
I’m back from my vacation now (best.week.ever) and have some catchin up to do. In August, I will write those last IMDb250 reviews that I didn’t get to in July, and then I’ll get back to work on my Resolutions and the Alphabet Project.
As you’ve noticed, Shoot the Glass is undergoing spring cleaning at the moment. Sorry for the mess and thanks for your patience.
I’m such a sucker for these great 50’s,60’s and early 70’s French...Funnily enough, this film is in my top ten for obvious reasons. You can quite clearly see the parallels between...
When I first saw “Hitchcount” at the top of the page, I wondered why Hanna felt the need to see any...Nice review, Hanna. I’ll agree with everything except the final rating. It gets the full five stars from...
I was amazed at how cynical the movie was. It kept amazing me that more and more people arrived. I am glad I...
Saturday, July 5, 2008
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