Category Archives: Movies

Big Thumbs Up

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Kathy

I should have told you to see To Be or Not to Be at the Cleveland Cinematheque last weekend. There was a big crowd there, anyway, because the Plain Dealer wrote a nice story about the film and the Ernst … Continue reading →

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Gilmour, Eh

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Kathy

Through that chain of connections we call the internet, I happened upon a Canadian controversy. It seems that one David Gilmour, a part-time English professor at the University of Toronto, has outraged a bunch of people by declaring that he’s … Continue reading →

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Family, Fashion, and Freaks

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Kathy

Sarah Polley, a young actress and director, has created another one of those engrossing documentaries (like Still Bill or Searching for Sugar Man) that you want everyone to see because they’re so good. In carefully ordered sequences, she reveals secrets … Continue reading →

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Good Choices This Weekend

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Kathy

I’ve never seen Richard Pryor’s Which Way Is Up? (1977) and expect to try it at the Cleveland Cinematheque tonight or tomorrow (5:15 and 9:45, respectively), forewarned that it’s raunchy. I don’t think I’ve seen any Richard Pryor movies, in … Continue reading →

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Two Sweet Movies

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Kathy

I’ll limit my Cinematheque recommendations this week to the one film I’ve already seen–Kolya, a Czech Academy-Award winner from 1996. Frequently, it seems, the foreign-film Oscar goes to the most sentimental and accessible of the candidates, i.e., the “heartwarming” one. Kolya fits … Continue reading →

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My Parents’ Bookcase

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Kathy

  I’m reading a book called Chaplin and Agee: The Untold Story of the Tramp, the Writer, and the Lost Screenplay by John Wranovics. I have some interest in film and in Charlie Chaplin that’s rubbed off from my film-buff … Continue reading →

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Your Weekend Plans

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Kathy

This weekend you can have your mornings and afternoons to yourself. Your evenings belong to me. The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque offers stellar movies for your enjoyment. I thought My Left Foot (1989) might have been the first film … Continue reading →

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Lunatics and Laughs

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Kathy

Federico Fellini’s last film, The Voice of the Moon  (1990), shows this Saturday at 5:15 pm at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Crazily, this movie was never released in the U.S. It’s so odd that Americans had no way to … Continue reading →

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The Case for Buster

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Kathy

Some people don’t like black-and-white films. Others hate subtitles. I feel both kinds of people are missing out and should give such cinematic variations a better chance. I also know, though, there’s no accounting for taste and that everyone doesn’t have to like what I … Continue reading →

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Buster and Fritz

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Kathy

Whenever I get a chance to recommend Buster Keaton, I recommend Buster Keaton. This weekend, I recommend Buster Keaton at the Cleveland Cinematheque. Over the next four weekends, you can see Buster Keaton short films. Tomorrow evening (5:15 pm), three … Continue reading →

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