At one point I just started laughing hysterically at my own confusion, “Why are they going to Oslo?” I howled, “And how is there 45 minutes left of this movie?”
Category Archives: January 2021
#15 Stop Making Sense
Don’t wait until you don’t feel well, watch it now, it is everything.
#14 The Mystery of the 13th Guest
I ended up choosing The Mystery of the 13th Guest on TCM because, all together now, it is only an hour long!
January – the mid-way point
It’s suddenly occurred to me I should do weekly wrap-ups.
#13 Pop Gear
It is a weird little film, performances by British Invasion groups of their songs from 1964 and 1965.
#12 The Maltese Falcon
It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this movie, I am just entirely taken in by the story, the acting, the atmosphere, all of it.
#11 Dumbo
So, let me paint you a picture. I’m exhausted, it’s after midnight, I can barely think, and I am lying in bed watching Dumbo on my phone. What do you think happens next?
#10 Death on the Nile
It’s a fun movie, grisly murders aside, and, as a person of Belgian descent, I particularly enjoy Poirot doggedly correcting everyone accusing him of being French throughout the entire film.
#9 Echo in the Canyon
There aren’t a huge number of female voices, I’m trying to say. I mean, you talk to who is available, but Judy Collins is only mentioned in passing and Joni Mitchell not at all.
#8 The Tune
Bill Plympton was such a face of animation in the ’90s, and of course I saw all of his shorts on MTV, but never any of his full-length features.
365 Films in 365 Days 