September, 2005 Archive

Sunset Blvd.

Friday, September 30th, 2005

Directed by Billy Wilder (1950)
Sometimes I watch an old “classic” film, especially an old Hollywood studio picture, out of sense of obligation. I know it’s supposed to be great, wonderful, etc., but there are just so many new things to see. (I often have the same feeling with books.) So it was with a [...]

Chillin’ Like Bob Dylan

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

This week PBS’s American Masters documentary series ran an excellent two part documentary on Bob Dylan, directed by Martin Scorsese: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home. If your PBS station is like mine they’ll probably re-run it sometime this weekend or next week in the wee hours, so check your local schedule and set your Tivos. [...]

Buffy, the Hurricane and Me

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

I just ate two slices of leftover Indian Pizza (Good stuff, Indian Pizza. Imagine Indian food on Pizza crust. It sounds weird but it tastes good. It even comes with that green sauce and red, onion chutney stuff.) and now I’m sitting on the couch watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Early Buffy. I time my [...]