Jay's Movie Blog
I see a lot of movies, and have an opinion on most of 'em.
Monday, June 01, 2015
San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2015 Day #02: Amazing Tales from the Archives,
Cave of the Spider Women
,
When the Earth Trembled
,
The Last Laugh
, and
Ghost Train
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Arriving bright and early, after discovering that the donut shop near the hotel is the cheapest/easiest/tastiest way to get something close ...
Friday, May 29, 2015
San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2015, Day #01:
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Yesterday was the end of doing typical tourist stuff, and I kind of ran down by mid-afternoon, but not not quite enough that I was at the Ca...
Next Week in Tickets: Films playing Boston 29 May 2015 - 4 June 2015
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So, what am I going to have to catch up on after my silent movie binge? I'm pre-caught-up on what's playing at The Brattle Theatre...
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Good Kill
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Man, sometimes you really have to go out-of-town if you want to see a movie in the theater. That's the Vogue Theatre in San Francisc...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Made for Midnight:
Roar
and
Reality
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Potential secondary theme for this pairing: Movies with basically the same title released in close succession. Although the Italian Realit...
Monday, May 25, 2015
Girlhood
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Very glad to see that this is getting an extended look at West Newton after playing the Brattle. As much as I can sometimes appreciate the ...
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Maggie
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I said as much in "Next Week in Tickets" at the time, but it is genuinely bizarre to me that the new Arnold Schwarzenegger zombie ...
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Independent Film Festival Boston 2015 Day #08:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
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Last night of the festival, by which point everyone is kind of worn out and it's probably a good thing that we're only in for one fi...
Friday, May 22, 2015
Piku
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Yes, this thing where I occasionally watch Bollywood movies has reached the point where, upon seeing a trailer for this before Detective Byo...
Next Week in Tickets: Films playing Boston 22 May 2015 - 28 May 2015
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Heading out of town in two different directions, so what's the point of potentially getting upset about a booking that would otherwise t...
IFFBoston 2015 Day #07:
I'll See You in My Dreams
and
The Wolfpack
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Today in "different priorities at film festivals", I talk about how I mostly try to prioritize movies that I might not otherwise b...
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Weird Brattle double feature:
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
and
Lost River
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Hey, they booked it that way, so this isn't just me being weird. I was kind of let down that I didn't get to go to Friday night...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
IFFBoston 2015 Day #06:
Manglehorn
and
Future Shock!: The Story of 2000AD
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Monday at IFFBoston is always kind of a quiet day, nestled between the weekend Gorge and the last two days of films that the organizers seem...
Sunday, May 17, 2015
The Left Ear
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There are Chinese movies which slip into American theaters under the radar, and there are things like this, which appears to have opened in ...
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