Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Directed by Griffin Dunne, this documentary reflects on the life and career of Joan Didion, one of the most influential female writers of our time. …
Month: May 2020
Mildred Pierce
Written by Ranald MacDougall and directed by Michael Curtiz. Mildred’s husband runs off to another woman’s arms leaving her to raise her two daughters and …
Star Trek films pt 6
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Created by Gene Roddenberry and story by Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner, & Mark Rosenthal. Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer …
Life Boat Films pt 3
For this blog series, I’ll be focusing on the question, “You’re on a life boat and you can bring only one movie. Which movie do …
Word Wars
Directed by Eric Chaikin & Julian Petrillo. Word Wars is a documentary about the competitive world of the popular word board game Scrabble. Running time …
Underwater
Written by Brian Duffield & Adam Cozad. Directed by William Eubank. A oceanic drilling operation 7 miles below the ocean’s surface becomes compromised and the …
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Written by Harry Essex & Arthur A. Ross. Directed by Jack Arnold. A prehistoric creature lurks in the Black Lagoon and a group of marine …
Star Trek films pt 5
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) Created by Gene Roddenberry, story by William Shatner & Harve Bennett, and screenplay by David Loughery. Directed by …
Life Boat Films pt 2
The Hollywood Reporter has these cool Roundtable interview videos on YouTube, one of which is the Full Director’s Roundtable. Stephen Galloway hosts and starts the …
Circus of Books
Written and Directed by Rachel Mason with writer Kathryn Robson. A documentary focusing on Barry and Karen Mason who owned Circus of Books, a gay …