midgebop
Drunk on a world served straight: through the lens of a travel junkie, movie slut, foodie, music lover (no country twang please), queer liberal, English prof.

Movies



Last Night's Film

Thursday, 20 November 2008 9:29 P GMT-07
Megalopolis is a beautifully filmed documentary. The strength is not only in the cinematography (blurs of Tokyo trains, octopus-like freeways in L.A., the dessert of Cairo's pyramids), but its concept--a vision of six huge 21st century cities (Ca

Film Catch-up

Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:48 P GMT-07
Even amidst all the school craziness, I have been managing a steady diet of films at the Denver International Film Festival. Here's a brief review of the films.Lord God Bird Nope I'm not a birder, although I do imagine it to be a rather cool

DIFF First Films

Friday, 14 November 2008 7:16 A GMT-07
Tonight was my first night at the Denver International Film Festival. and as usual, the films

4 Days of Movies

Monday, 4 August 2008 9:17 P GMT-07
OK I just typed a rather lengthy blog, and I did one of those jerks on the computer and poof vanished--merdre! Here is an attempt at re-creation, where I will only be able to measure its merit against the original. One of my vacation pleasures i

Yes We Can Can

Wednesday, 16 April 2008 8:02 A GMT-07
and Yes they certainly can in the Stephen Walkers' documentary "Young @ Heart," a film that explores the last months of rehearsal asfthe Young at Heart Chorus, a group of aging adults (in their 70s and 80s) who belt out their youth to s

Movie Wrap Up

Sunday, 31 December 2006 12:00 A GMT-07
Some of my favorite movie moments and recently viewed movies

My first iMovie YouTube experiment

Tuesday, 19 December 2006 10:16 P GMT-07
My first attempt at making a movie and uploading it to YouTube

The Last Romantic

Sunday, 12 November 2006 11:59 P GMT-07
Brief review of the film The Last Romantic

Afghanistan Documentary

Sunday, 12 November 2006 11:59 P GMT-07
Review of a Grain of Sand

Film Festival Day One

Saturday, 11 November 2006 11:59 P GMT-07
The opening film of my festing

Factotum

Thursday, 24 August 2006 12:00 A GMT-07
thoughts on the latest film Factotum

Movie Roundup

Wednesday, 21 December 2005 11:49 A GMT-07
four movies over the last few weeks

Weird Weird Weird Weirder

Wednesday, 14 December 2005 6:40 P GMT-07
how my weird blog truly became weird

Paradise Now--A Call for Peace

Sunday, 11 December 2005 9:40 P GMT-07
reactions to the film

Food and flicks

Sunday, 4 December 2005 7:29 P GMT-07
food thoughts and movie flicks

Short Blips on the Blog Screen

Friday, 25 November 2005 10:41 P GMT-07
passing thoughts

Weird Weird Weird

Sunday, 20 November 2005 8:20 A GMT-07
the holy modal rounders on film

More Films

Friday, 18 November 2005 10:13 P GMT-07
The last three nights at the festival

A night of Docs

Wednesday, 16 November 2005 10:06 A GMT-07
Night two for me at the film festival

Film Festival Day One

Monday, 14 November 2005 9:50 P GMT-07
summary of Been Rich All My Life

Capote

Saturday, 12 November 2005 10:23 P GMT-07
a brief review of the film

High Points of the Week

Sunday, 6 November 2005 7:19 P GMT-07
musings on the high points

The Big Lebowski reconsidered

Thursday, 3 November 2005 8:20 P GMT-07
After two viewings, new thoughts on the flick

Brokeback Mountain is calling me

Monday, 31 October 2005 6:49 P GMT-07
my struggles with seeing the film ahead of time

My Film Festival Picks

Wednesday, 26 October 2005 3:38 P GMT-07
Final decisions on what to see