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Cinema Spelunking: War films (What are they good for?) In Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now,” the air thickens with smoke as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) orders a helicopter strike on the nearby Viet Cong-controlled coastal village. Sharp gunshots pierce the rattling groans of whirling helicopter blades. Kilgore, wearing a cowboy hat and no shirt, stands in the bruised sands littered with broken branches, bellowing commands to his frazzled soldiers. The camera cuts to an aerial shot of airplanes flying over a vast forest; towering trees suddenly erupt into flames...

Film Independent Wed Location Online Event has passed Directed by Paul Feig Registration is free – donations are welcome and appreciated There are no leopards in Connecticut. Well, except for the one from Brazil. And the other one from the circus. OK, so there happen to be two leopards in Connecticut – also home to one of the greatest screwball comedies of the 1930s and the second pairing of Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant; the sharp-witted and charismatic pair from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Bringing Up Baby, Howard Hawks’ absurdist comedy, remains a maste...

By Thomas V. Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Jan 08, 2021 Happy New Year! It’s time for the annual article in which members of the Catholic Culture staff look back on their reading in the past year and recommend the best, some published in 2020 and some not. Actually, this list is not confined to reading only. You’ll get book recommendations from Jeff Mirus, Phil Lawler and Mike Aquilina; book and film recommendations from James T. Majewski; and book, essay, podcast, music and (way too many) film recommendations from Thomas V. Mirus. Enjoy! Jeff Mirus The best bo...

Michael B. Jordan Reportedly Now In Talks To Lead Scarface Reboot Scarface remake is finally gathering momentum. Suspiria and Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino has been on board since May after David Yates, Antoine Fuqua and David Ayer all attempted to get the project off the ground and follow in the footsteps of Howard Hawks’ 1932 original and Brian De Palma’s 1983 classic, which turned Al Pacino’s Tony Montana into a staple of dorm room walls around the world. During the earlier iterations of Scarface, Now, insider Daniel Richtman claims that the Black Panther star is...

World of showbusiness. >> don't put it down! >> i had to review for the "chicago-sun times," and i think i gave it three stars, because roger was my friend. somewhere deep in the piece that this is a new rating system, so this gets three out of ten. >> this is my happening, and it freaks me out. >> i reviewed the film in national review, and listed it as one of the ten great films of the 1960s. it was funny, it had a pulse that raced past howard hawk's film from the '40s, but with a wild who gives a shit air that was perfect for the '60s. >> you're a groovy boy, i'd like to strap you on some t...