Everything deserves at least one viewing
A little bonus content this week in the form of a screener review. Big thanks to Ruth and Conic Films for sending over a screener of The Summer Book. It opens in Irish and U.K. cinemas this Friday, 7 August. Title: The Summer Book Director: Charlie McDowell Premiered: 12 October 2024 (BFI London Film Festival…
This week’s Disc Dive keeps us in both the Criterion Collection as well as the state of New York. We’re heading over to Brooklyn, hoping to avoid a trip to Happy Dale, in Arsenic and Old Lace. Title: Arsenic and Old Lace Director: Frank Capra Released: September 23, 1944 (Theatrical – United States) Runtime: 1…
This week’s look at a featured Letterboxd List has us grabbing our gloves and heading into the ring. From the Top 250 Films of the 1940s list comes The Set-Up. Title: The Set-Up Director: Robert Wise Released: March 29, 1949 (Limited theatrical – United States) Runtime: 1 hour 13 minutes Stoker (Robert Ryan) is a…
Last week Disc Dive saw us take to the skies. This week we’re piling into a station wagon and searching New York City in The Daytrippers. Title: The Daytrippers Director: Greg Mottola Released: January 19, 1996 (Premiere – United States – Slamdance Film Festival) Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes Disc Format: Criterion Blu-ray Eliza (Hope…
Back at it for another installment of Letterboxd Map! This week we’re off to Myanmar for Nina Wu (2019). Title: Nina Wu Director: Midi Z Released: May 20, 2019 (Premiere – Cannes Film Festival – France) Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes We follow Nina (Wu Ke-xi) from the train to her home and then around…
This week for Disc Dive we’re taking to the skies. Buckle up and keep your tray table stowed, because things are about to get turbulent with Red Eye. Title: Red Eye Director: Wes Craven Released: August 4, 2005 (Premiere – United States) Runtime: 1 hour 25 minutes Disc Format: DVD Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is a…
Welcome back to another look at an offering from a featured Letterboxd List! This time around we’re revisiting the Top 250 Short Films where we find A Sense of History. Title: A Sense of History Director: Mike Leigh Released: September 12, 1992 (Theatrical – Canada) Runtime: 26 minutes The 23rd Earl of Leete (Jim Broadbent)…
This week for Disc Dive we’re going back to school. So make sure your lunch is packed up, your boots tied tight, and here’s hoping we don’t get in a fight with Billy Madison. Title: Billy Madison Director: Tamra Davis Released: February 10, 1995 (Theatrical – Canada and the United States) Runtime: 1 hour 30…
Welcome back to another globetrotting journey through my Letterboxd Map! Make sure your vehicle registration is in order as we’re off to North Macedonia for Sticker. Title: Sticker Director: Georgi M. Unkovski Released: September 25, 2019 (Theatrical – North Macedonia) Runtime: 19 minutes Dejan (Saško Kocev) is on his way to see his daughter’s school…
It is said that you are what you eat, in this week’s edition of Disc Dive we see how true that is with Ravenous. Title: Ravenous Director: Antonia Bird Released: March 16, 1999 (Theatrical – United States) Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes Disc Format: Blu-ray John Boyd (Guy Pearce) is a United States soldier receiving…