question of the day: What movies have standout opening credits?
In recent years, nothing has blown me away the way that Watchmen’s opening sequence does: it brilliantly sets up the alternate reality the story takes place within…
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my week at the movies: ‘Red Riding Trilogy,’ ‘Youth in Revolt’
I’m very excited about this. Tomorrow I’ve got an afternoon-long screening-room marathon of the three films of the Red Riding Trilogy, based on the novels by David Peace [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.] (who also wrote the book The Damned United is based on) about the notorious Yorkshire Ripper crime spree that terrorized that English city … more…
question of the day: What’s your favorite Monty Python bit?
The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus was broadcast 40 years ago this month — though the boys’ official site insists it’s the 400th anniversary. In honor of the occasion, the cable network IFC is this week airing a new six-part documentary, Monty Python: Almost the Truth: The Lawyer’s Cut. (I don’t get IFC … more…
