Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: Louisiana StoryThree hundred and thirty-sixth film: Louisiana Story, a half documentary/half fictionalised bit of weirdness from 1948 financed by Standard…Oct 6Oct 6
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: The Lost WeekendThree hundred and thirty-fifth film: The Lost Weekend, a realistic downward spiral of a picture from 1945 that feels like a dirty ashtray…Sep 29Sep 29
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingThree hundred and thirty-fourth film: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Okay look. This is not my kind of thing, but know…Sep 21Sep 21
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: The Long GoodbyeThree hundred and thirty-third film: The Long Goodbye, Robert Altman’s 1973 take on Raymond Chandler’s 1953 novel held together impeccably…Sep 16Sep 16
Jo ThornelyNan — I Am Fine, Thank YouI’m at the time and place where I’m keenly interested in rummaging through the evidence of my family’s past times and places. Today, while…Sep 14Sep 14
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: Lone StarThree hundred and thirty-second film: Lone Star, a 1996 sort-of murder mystery sort-of western sort-of romance that is okay when you’re…Sep 7Sep 7
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: LolitaThree hundred and thirty-first film: Lolita, Kubrick’s 1961 version of Nabokov’s book about a paedophile, the young girl he grooms, her…Sep 1Sep 1
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: LolaThree hundred and thirtieth film: Lola, a French romantic comedy from 1961 that bases itself around an unrequited love story, a series of…Aug 25Aug 25
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: Little Miss SunshineThree hundred and twenty-ninth film: Little Miss Sunshine, the utterly delightful 2006 genre-avoiding film about a dysfunctional but…Aug 17Aug 17
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: Little CaesarThree hundred and twenty-eighth film: Little Caesar, for all intents and purposes the original gangster film. Edward G. Robinson plays Rico…Aug 10Aug 10
