Retro Daddy

The Past Isn't Over - It Isn't Even Past
July 16, 2010 05:58PM
“Merci, monsieur. Your film criticism is, as always, most divinatory. (Mimic is the only film I've ever begun watching from which I had to turn away in…”
About: Out of Joint
June 23, 2010 06:22PM
“zanelle - Thank you.”
About: "Leave it to Barack"
April 05, 2010 05:25PM
“Thanks for writing this. The Janelle Monae video is fun, but Maya Deren is amazing. I'm going to have to go through my back issues of Cineaste for info…”
About: Janelle Monae: Avant-Garde Film Geek ("Tightrope" Video)
December 24, 2009 06:18PM
“Great post. I agree about George C. Scott. I've never seen a finer group of actors perform this story. I'm always moved to tears when David Warner as B…”
About: The Greatest Version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL
October 09, 2009 09:42PM
“That kid's mask (is it a pumpkin?) scares me. Robert Mulligan's The Other (based on Tom Tryon's even more frightening novel) was terrifying in 1972.”
About: This Week's Scariest Horror on DVD
October 05, 2009 01:42PM
“Thank goodness indeed! Who says movies don't teach us how to live?”
About: Stop the Presses!
October 01, 2009 06:35PM
“Yes! Second to Christopher Lee in menace was Francis Lederer, star of 1958's The Return of Dracula, a vampirized version of Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow o…”
About: What's With All the Pansy Vampires?
October 01, 2009 06:17PM
“Norwonk, ConnieMack, Max - Chinatown is one of the great American films. (It's funny how so many of the great American films have been directed by fore…”
About: The Ending Roman Polanski's Chinatown Was Supposed to Have
October 01, 2009 05:58PM
“Boris and Natasha ask me to pass along congratulations from Fearless Leader on your ideological work. You've been awarded the medal Hero of Socialist L…”
About: Photo Essay: My Year in a Government Re-Education Camp
October 01, 2009 01:39PM
“Procopius - Thanks. Maybe it just reflects my age, but the films of that era are the ones that mean the most to me. M Todd - A lot of people agree with y…”
About: The Ending Roman Polanski's Chinatown Was Supposed to Have
September 30, 2009 08:44PM
“Nelly - Thanks for reading and commenting. Gary - I agree. It's hard to argue that the ending of the movie isn't more true to life than a more hopeful c…”
About: The Ending Roman Polanski's Chinatown Was Supposed to Have
August 07, 2009 06:43PM
“Robin (as the Dynamic Duo are being fried by the Kitten of Crime): Holy oleo, Batman! Catwoman: I didn't know you could yodel.”
About: In Appreciation of Adam West
July 31, 2009 01:59PM
“Thanks for the interesting post. One thing I demand from horror movies is that they take themselves seriously. It's hard enough to believe in a fable a…”
About: Horror Movies: Do They Still Scare You or Just Gross You Out?
July 23, 2009 05:15PM
“Alan - Thanks for the comprehensive review. I'd be curious to know what you think of Volker Schlondorff's film, The Legend of Rita. (I like the English…”
About: Why I hate "The Lives of Others"
July 01, 2009 06:38PM
“Thanks for the recommendations. The Golden Age is always in the past.”
About: The Movies I've Seen This Year That I Liked
July 01, 2009 06:30PM
“Merci, monsieur. An excellent mix of classic and more modern tales. Mimic is the one film I had to stop watching because it was just too frightening.”
About: Cinema for the Lonely
June 13, 2009 05:15PM
“Cool. This version is as good as the soundtrack on the film.”
About: In Praise of Indo-Rock
June 13, 2009 01:59AM
“Psycho Beach Party is a fun film. Did you notice that Amy Adams had one of her first roles as Marvel Ann? The only other Marvel Ann I've ever heard of…”
About: Psycho Beach Party (w/Los Straitjackets)
June 11, 2009 01:21PM
“Whenever I'm in a hotel room and Under Siege comes on, I'm hypnotized for the next two hours. I saw Scenes from a Marriage--it's okay if you send it ba…”
About: Sucked in by bad movies on TV: A PopWatch Confessional
June 02, 2009 12:36PM
“Poet - I was always more intrigued by Cathy Gale than Emma Peel. Gale didn't want to work for Steed's masters and she was just confounded by Steed's op…”
About: Betty or Veronica? Archie Finally Decides
May 30, 2009 01:14PM
“Thanks, everyone, for reading and commenting. odetterou lette - I agree with you. This tension should not be resolved. Otherwise hey might as well stop p…”
About: Betty or Veronica? Archie Finally Decides
May 29, 2009 09:49PM
“I thought there was too much of the old ultraviolence in Watchmen, too, especially in the first scene when the Comedian is attacked. If he'd really had…”
About: Rewatching Watchmen
May 26, 2009 12:17PM
“Joe and bobbot - Thanks for reading and commenting. American Hot Wax was a lot better on a big screen with movie theater sound.”
About: Carole King in the Movies - Teenage Louise Grows Up
May 19, 2009 04:18PM
“neilpaul - A lot of Harvey Keitel's movies were made during his naked period. David - Deborah Kerr keeps showing up in this context, doesn't she? Even the…”
About: What's Your Favorite Nun Movie?
May 19, 2009 11:50AM
“JLee - Haven't seen Nuns on the Run yet. Thanks. Kris - When I wrote this, I was on a mission from God.”
About: What's Your Favorite Nun Movie?
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