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Gosford Park

A collection of 4 posts
Downton Abbey

How "Downton Abbey" Should End

I don't care to know how "Downton Abbey" really ends, because I can't think of a better ending than this one...
17 Feb 2013 1 min read
Mulholland Drive

Your favorite films of 2001?

So, it’s been ten years… Now that you’ve had a decade to chew on these films, I’d be curious to know what you would now choose as your top 5, 10, or 20 of 2001. It’s a list that includes titles that weren’t accessible in
29 Jun 2011 1 min read
Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Chapter - The Whole Wide World
Through a Screen Darkly

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Chapter - The Whole Wide World

[A consideration of Crash, Gosford Park, and Yi-Yi] - Eight-year-old Yang-Yang, in the film Yi Yi (A One and a Two) - U2, "When I Look at the World" A Crash-Course in Cultural Prejudice When writer-director Paul Haggis's film Crash won Best Picture at the 75th
28 Nov 2008 19 min read
On Movies & Media

Today's Favorite: "The Help"

I'm working on a scene that involves a powerful character's lowly, world-weary servant. He's basically a custodian. And that has me thinking about memorable custodians, service people, bank tellers, bellhops, bouncers (etc) who are not major characters but who still make an impression in
16 Oct 2008 1 min read
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