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…18h ago18h ago
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…3d ago3d ago
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
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: Little Big ManThree hundred and twenty-seventh film: Little Big Man, a 1970 sort-of Western that demonstrates, through silliness and violence, what…Aug 3Aug 3
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: The Lion KingThree hundred and twenty-sixth film: The Lion King. For 30 years I’ve avoided watching this movie, at first because Disney animations and…Jul 28Jul 28
Jo ThornelyOne Paragraph Movie Review: The Life of Emile ZolaThree hundred and twenty-fifth film: The Life of Emile Zola, a mostly true-ish 1937 biopic about the French writer who loved to rattle the…Jul 14Jul 14