Movies Archive

Van Gogh: A movie (“At Eternity’s Gate”) and a book (“Van Gogh in Auvers: His Last Days”) - Vincent van Gogh moved to Auvers on April 20, 1890. He died there on July 29. In those 70 days, he made more than 70 paintings, many now regarded as

Walk the Line -       Walk the Line directed by James Mangold Talk about an entrance! You hear 2,000 prisoners

WALL-E -

Wallander - The woman who had recommended State of Play, a mesmerizing six hours of BBC drama, had a new enthusiasm to share: “Wallander.” Readers of crime fiction surely know the name. Kurt Wallander

Wanted Dead or Alive -       The Essential Steve McQueen Collection Wanted: Dead or Alive (Season One)

We are… The Laurie Berkner Band -     I'm not allowed to watch this DVD or listen to the CD.

Weekend Butler: The Academy Awards, 2021 films to stream, films to avoid - Below, the kind of service you’d expect from a butler: Amazon Prime links to nominated movies. First, though, some indiscreet opinions that this butler would like to share when the publicists

Weekend Classics: Shutdown edition - Ah, the government shutdown, God's gift to the stupid. My favorite quote, so far, is from Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN): "We're not going to be disrespected. We have to get something

What Haunts Us - Guest Butler Stuart H. Coleman is a writer, speaker and environmental organizer. He has published many articles and three books, including the award-winning biography Eddie Would Go and Fierce

What would you watch first: “Where the Crawdads Sing” or “Winter’s Bone?” - “Where the Crawdads Sing” opened in a bazillion theaters. I haven’t seen it, and don’t intend to. The novel has sold 12 million copies. I haven’t read it, and I

Who wants it darker? No one. Here are movies and binges to help you survive long holiday weekends. - Because I’ve seen “Arrival” and "Moonglow" and we’re saving “Manchester By the Sea” for Thanksgiving, “Elle” was the only film in town that seemed worth seeing this weekend. It’s

Winter’s Bone - Odds are that you haven't seen "Winter's Bone." It was made for $2 million, it grossed only $13 million. If the film is remembered at all, it's because it launched

Without Limits - I wrote about Prefontaine in the 1970s, when running was becoming a big thing. Years after his death, I stood on the track where he never lost and remembered his

Wristcutters - The funniest film I saw last year started with a suicide. Zia --- played by Patrick Fugit, the appealing kid journalist from “Almost Famous” --- lives in a post-grad