'The Film Talk Lounge' – The Place to Be at this year's Nashville Film Festival!
Hey there folks – we’ve got some exciting news – I’m pleased to announce we’re partnering with the 2010 Nashville Film Festival to bring you The Film Talk Lounge! Every day at Noon we’ll be at the TFT Lounge (in the Whole Foods Tent) interviewing the creative movers and shakers of the Fest! We’re going [...]
Weekend Watching
Wherever you are in the TFT universe, some recommendations for the weekend: At The Belcourt in Nashville you can see what appears to be the insanely wonderful film ‘A Town Called Panic’, which wouldn’t be a bad subtitle for ‘The White Ribbon’ also screening off 21st Ave South: Belfast’s QFT presents Robert Kenner’s provocative and [...]
TFT DVD/Digital Media and Miscellaneous Delivery Mechanism Report: Herb and Dorothy
There’s something deceptively complex about ‘Herb and Dorothy’ – a film about two elderly art collectors, who appear to have bought paintings for the subversive and radical reason that they enjoyed looking at them, and apparently became an axis for the New York art world. Hitchcock might have liked the mystery of how on earth [...]
TFT 112 – SHUTTER ISLAND / A SINGLE MAN
TFT 112 – SHUTTER ISLAND / A SINGLE MAN – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: SHUTTER ISLAND / A SINGLE MAN / ASK THE FILM TALK/ NIGHT AND THE CITY
TFT Introduces NIGHT AND THE CITY This Monday at The Belcourt
Love Film Noir? In Nashville this Monday? Then you have no excuse not to see the delirious NIGHT AND THE CITY at The Becourt Theatre at 4:50 or 7:00 pm. If you’re at the 7pm screening you’ll get to see yours truly introduce this fever dream of a film – a pic that has what [...]
'Shutter Island': Scorsese's Lament
Joe Biden appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows last week to defend the Obama administration from Dick Cheney’s disgraceful attacks, which appear to suggest his earlier bloodlust has not yet been satisfied, despite everything his time in the White House accomplished. The current Vice-President had the opportunity to set out a genuine alternative to [...]
Why Do People Want to Ban This Critic From Rotten Tomatoes?
Am not blogging on the site much these days as most of my time is occupied in producing the show – but I can’t stop myself from mentioning this absurd petition to ban critic Armond White from Rotten Tomatoes: Ban Armond White from Rotten Tomatoes! Armond is a friend of the show – he’s been [...]
TFT 111 – CRAZY HEART / EDGE OF DARKNESS [1985 and 2010 Versions] / Art by Chance
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TFT 111 – CRAZY HEART / EDGE OF DARKNESS [1985 and 2010 Versions] / Art by Chance – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: ART BY CHANCE / EDGE OF DARKNESS [1985] / EDGE OF DARKNESS [2010] / CRAZY HEART
The TFT Friday Roundup: Rogues with (or without) Guitars, Mavericks, and Single Men
‘Tender Mercies’: ‘Crazy Heart’s Grand-Daddy We’re rolling toward the end of another week, and to keep you, dear listener, satisfied until Jett and I can present the brand shiny and new upcoming Episode 111 – in which we plan to discuss Mel’s descent in Edge of Darkness, Jeff’s beard in Crazy Heart, and the very [...]
It’s Tuesday, So It Must Be The TFT DVD/Blu-Ray and Miscellaneous Other Digital Media Report: Rising Sun, Un Chien Andalou, A Serious Man, Peter and Vandy, and As it is in Heaven
As it is in Heaven Hey there folks – starting today, we’re going to try to post on Tuesdays about films new out on DVD, or available to stream over the coming week; so herewith the inaugural ‘It’s Tuesday, so it Must Be the TFT DVD/Blu-Ray and Miscellaneous Other Digital Media Report: We like to [...]
TFT 110 – RED RIDING Scriptwriter Tony Grisoni Interviewed / FISH TANK
TFT 110 – RED RIDING Scriptwriter Tony Grisoni Interviewed / FISH TANK – – – FISH TANKS OPENS AT THE BELCOURT IN NASHVILLE FEBRUARY 12TH – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: FISH TANK / RED RIDING
Downhill Racer: Winning Is Everything
Caught up with Criterion’s characteristically excellent release of ‘Downhill Racer‘, another film that reveals Michael Ritchie as an under-appreciated director (Honeslty, imdb-chatters, have you really nothing to say about the guy who made ‘The Candidate’, ‘Fletch’, and the deeply serious thriller ‘Prime Cut’?), Robert Redford as a far more nuanced actor than his reputation permits, [...]
TFT 109 – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus / The Road / The Book of Eli / Up in the Air
TFT 109 – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus / The Road / The Book of Eli / Up in the Air – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS / THE ROAD THE BOOK OF ELI / UP IN THE AIR
Start the Week
An Education Hi there folks – a new week, the sun is shining (but it’s making no impact on the snow in my garden, and the car windscreen isn’t going to clear for a while), Buddy Miller is doing his thing on the – what do you call ‘em these days? hi-fi?, a sealed Netflix [...]
