By Restless
In December I watched the new Coen Brothers film, No Country For Old Men, which has gone on to win the Academy award for Best Picture.  It is a tragedy, a work of unremitting violence.
As I left the multiplex, I thought: What are these guys saying here?
I mean, the Coens, the actors (Josh Brolin, […]

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1. The Century of the Self (2002) Pt. 3
At the end of the 50s, Anna Freud’s psychoanalytic methods were being challenged by those alienated by businesses’ use of them to sell products and also by a growing awareness of several major failures: Dr. Cameron’s experimental treatments using drugs and shock had failed, and the […]

  By Restless
My abject apologies. Right in the middle of writing and publishing the series on the 4 Fantastic Films, my laptop punked out.
My tech skills are pretty rusty, and it was the day after Thanksgiving. I immediately thought: has to be the hard drive. Quick get on craigslist, 2 hours later a meeting at a […]

1. The Century of the Self (2002) – Pt. 2By Restless
In 1929, the stock market crashed and people simply stopped buying anything they didn’t need. Sigmund Freud’s nephew, Edward Bernays, saw the power and influence he had amassed during the 20s whither as business and government lost control of the people, now rioting against the […]

 By Restless
months ago, the best aggregator of full-length video, jonhs.net – see my article of March 5th — changed urls, now moviesfoundonline.com. Youtube and other sites are great for short vidclips; this site is the best repository for the longer stuff.
Want standup — Pablo Francisco, Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia, Bill Hicks, Dave Chappell, Andy Kaufman, […]

 
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The Roxie on 16th near Valencia has a rolicking free-for-all on Academy Award evenings, or it used to. Come in with your friends and neighbors, even bring a bottle in a sack and laugh and cat call and boo or cheer the stars and the ceremony itself.
The last year I went there, Mel Gibson […]

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Will Ferrell stars in the internet video, The Landlord,  but his co-star Pearl steals the show.  Check it out.

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Thanks to Netflix and searches of “best films” Web sites, I had the pleasure of seeing 2 related films back to back last week.  Both are directed and written by the Belgian brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, both starring the Belgian actor, Olivier Gourmet, whom I was not familiar with, though apparently he is […]

I’m not usually one for seeing movies on opening night, however tonight my roommate organized a little group to go see “The DaVinci Code” at our local neighborhood theatre so I went along.
I read the book around 3 or 4 years ago soon after it first came out.  It still stands out in my mind […]

Last week I watched one of my favorite all time movies: “RUDY”. with Sean Astin which came out around 10-11 years ago.
The movie itself was never a huge hit, it didn’t go on to win any academy awards, but it has to be one of the most inspirational movies I’ve ever seen, and I’m not even […]