Tag Archives: @TheMovies

@The Movies with PopPop: Blue Jasmine

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Daniel (@MKNN)

While Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen‘s latest film, has some funny, and even more ironic lines, it is not a comedy! It is a first rate film, that in a very Woody Allen way seriously engages issues of class and privilege, … Continue reading →

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@The Movies with PopPop: Ida

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Ida is a wonderful 2013 film, in Polish and in black and white, by the Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski. It’s a story set in the ’60s of a young novice about to take her vows. Before she does, the Mother Superior insists … Continue reading →

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@The Movies with PopPop: Mother of George

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Mother of George is a 2013 Nigerian-American film. It is filmed in and focuses on Brooklyn’s Nigerian-American community, an immigrant community large enough to retain a cultural enclave that can be all inclusive to its members, enabling them to live … Continue reading →

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@The Movies with PopPop: Twenty Feet From Stardom

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Twenty Feet From Stardom is the Oscar-winning 2013 documentary about some of the great (mainly black) back-up singers of the last half of the 20th century and their occasional pursuits of solo careers. Merry Clayton, Darlene Hill, Claudia Lennear and … Continue reading →

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@The Movies with PopPop: Mr. Turner

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Daniel (@MKNN)

We saw Mr. Turner — and it far exceeded our expectations! It’s a biopic focusing on a couple of decades of the life of JMW Turner, the British landscapist who reached his pinnacle in the late 1800’s, the focus of the … Continue reading →

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@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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