Tag: 2022 Summer Reading Challenge

Heritage of the Desert — Book Review

Living, 2022 - ★★★★½
Adapting a well-loved classic from a master like Kurosawa is a difficult task but Living pulls it off. Part of that can be credited to […]
Foolish Wives, 1922 - ★★★
Hailed as the first million-dollar movie, the film makes use of its massive budget with some beautiful-looking sets and costumes in the film's Monte Carlo. […]
Chimes at Midnight, 1965 - ★★★★½
It's impressive how great Welles was able to put this film together—except for some poor sound dubbing— with all his funding issues. Some of the […]
The Dying Swan, 1917 - ★★★★
Really impressed with Evgeni Bauer's tight direction and mastery at lighting at a time when such techniques were really only starting to gain traction. His […]
Women Talking, 2022 - ★★★½
Watched on Saturday January 28, 2023.