Author Archives: Daniel (@MKNN)

@The Movies with PopPop: The Past

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Daniel (@MKNN)

The Past is an excellent 2013 French-Iranian film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi (the auteur also of 2011’s A Separation). An Iranian, Ahmad, married to a French woman, Marie, from whom he’s been separated for 4 years, returns to … Continue reading →

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@The Movies with PopPop: Mud

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Mud is a film that I think should have gotten more attention than it did.  It’s essentially a fable located on the Arkansas River.  Two 14 year olds have discovered a boat in a tree — deposited on an island … Continue reading →

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@TheMovies with PopPop: All Is Lost

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Daniel (@MKNN)

All is Lost, starring Robert Redford, a sinking sailboat and a life raft, is a remarkable movie. It has essentially one word of dialogue, a very loud fuck about 1/2 way through. While the direction and cinematography are excellent, it … Continue reading →

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@TheMovies with PopPop: Nebraska

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Nebraska is a good if not great movie with a first rate starring role for Bruce Dern, an actor whom I’ve always liked (to say nothing of his daughter…).  It’s a tale of a guy in his late 70’s or early … Continue reading →

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@TheMovies with PopPop: The Local Stigmatic

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Years ago, Al Pacino made a few films, sometimes directing as well as acting, that he never released for theatrical showing; some were shown to friends or at a festival or museum, but never generally released.  A while ago, he released a … Continue reading →

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Two Down, Said Sisyphus

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Daniel (@MKNN)

This morning, I finished chapter two of In Time (working title only). Finished is an odd word: the chapters are in what I call roughs, meaning they are barely fit for consumption, and I would suspect bear little resemblance to whatever their … Continue reading →

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@TheMovies with PopPop: Stories We Tell

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Stories We Tell (2012) is a fascinating film, a documentary by Sarah Polley trying to capture “the truth” about her family.  Her mother, actress Diane Polley, died of cancer when she was a teenager; her father Michael Polley is quite … Continue reading →

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@TheMovies with PopPop: Cloud Atlas

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Daniel (@MKNN)

From the Archives, July, 2013 Cloud Atlas is a very well made movie that attempts to adapt a very complicated novel that I assiduously avoided reading (though another novel by David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, is … Continue reading →

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Earth Matters: The Post

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Daniel (@MKNN)

I’ve been asked by a few people if my thesis was available online. Now, it is. Earth Matters [The Whole Shebang] Currently, I think the total population who have claimed to read it is fewer than a half-dozen. I can’t … Continue reading →

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@The Movies with PopPop: Lee Daniel’s The Butler

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Occasionally, PopPop produces fantastic, concise movie reviews that should not be lost in e-mail archives. They should be lost in blog archives. So, here they are. The film is based very loosely on the story of Eugene Allen who served … Continue reading →

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