Blue Light, Red Light: Paris, Texas and the Redemption of a Man
* Note: This post is so full of spoilers it’s almost ridiculous – so only read the first paragraph if you haven’t seen the film yet. It’s also more of a personal review than I might otherwise write, mostly because ‘Paris, Texas’ has been resonating deeply with me since I first saw it about 15 [...]
TFT 108 – THAT EVENING SUN and an Interview with its Director Scott Teems
This Episode is Now Available Only to Members – Click Here to Find Out Why DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: THAT EVENING SUN / HAL HOLBROOK / SCOTT TEEMS / RAY MCKINNON / WALTON GOGGINS / RODNEY TAYLOR / ASK THE FILM TALK / CAPRICORN ONE / THE BLIND SIDE
G's Films of the Year: The 'B' List
I posted a Top Ten/Eleven the other day, but last year was such a rich one at the movies that I knew you, Dear Reader, would ask for more. So, herewith: Films of 09 that I liked, but only just not enough: The Girlfriend Experience (above): The first of two films Soderbergh made this year [...]
Finally: Gareth’s Top Ten of 2009
Hello there – with my heartfelt thanks to Jett for his magnificent job of minding the store alone for the past few weeks while I had the privilege of matrimonial gallivanting in Godzone, it’s a delight to be back in the world of TFT. I wrote at length before I disappeared about the year gone [...]
TFT 107 – THE FILMS OF 2010 PREVIEW / PRODIGAL SONS / KIM REED INTERVIEWED
This Episode Is Now Members Only – Click Here to Find Out Why DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: PRODIGAL SONS / CLANCY BROWN / WHITE RIBBON / CACHE / DAYBREAKERS / LEGION / EDGE OF DARKNESS / WHEN IN ROME / BEAUTY AND THE BEAST / THE PROPHET / FROZEN / I LOVE YOU PHILIP J. [...]
'Che' – One of the Most Innovative and Beautiful Films in Years – Now Available on DVD and Bluray from Criterion
Steven Soderbergh’s Che is magnificent - Gareth and I have been remiss not to discuss it in detail on the show – will try to rectify soon Dear Reader. In the meantime I urge you to screen Che if you can – I consider it one of the major films of the last decade: Three of the Most Important [...]
Jett Loe Harvests the Webinets So You Don't Have To – Tuesday Edition
Ok – I still don’t have a name for my weekly film-related harvesting of the Webinets – I’ll come up with some sort of snappy, happy-happy catchphrase at some point. Anyhew, I won’t let the lack of a branded identity for this post stop the magic – here’s a wrap-up of some film related stories [...]
TFT 106 – SHERLOCK HOLMES / BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL – NEW ORLEANS
TFT 106 / 16 mb MP3 / 32 minutes / DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: SHERLOCK HOLMES / BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL – NEW ORLEANS / SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION / BEARD / NASHVILLE SCENE / PUTNEY SWOPE / ROBERT POWELL / WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE
'My Son My Son What Have Ye Done' – Starting Tomorrow at The Belcourt
It’s a story of crime inspired by a real crime story. A young man does something terrible one morning in suburbia – in the hostage situation that follows, the police and the young man’s friends struggle to understand his actions. That could be the plot of some witheringly tired corporate product – yet look at [...]
Cinema Splits In Two: the Real vs. the Unreal
Yeah we all know about computer assisted imagery – it’s everywhere in moving pictures – heck, some folks even go to the movies just for the effects alone. But I don’t know if peoples out there really know how much the new technology has invaded the cinema system – and this invasion I would argue doesn’t just [...]
You Did It – The Film Talk is Saved!
Hi Folks, Jett here: I’m humbled, excited and grateful all at once. ‘Operation Save The Film Talk’ has been a success – and it’s all down to you! Thank you so much to all the people who coughed up the cash to keep us going – and to those who helped out with donations of [...]
The Most Cinematic Experiences of the Year
Andrei Rublev Before we get too entrenched in the new year, a recap: 2009 was the richest year for US American movies since 1999, when my imagination was captured by ‘Magnolia’, the anti-war film was reinvented with ‘Three Kings’, Michael Mann made his best film so far in ‘The Insider’, ‘The Matrix’ set the bar [...]
