Jeremy poses with the great illustrator/painter Wendell Minor, with two of his supreme masterpieces, GALAPAGOS GEORGE and EDWARD HOPPER PAINTS HIS WORLD, both remarkable released during 2014. (At Bankstreet Bookstore in Manhattan).
by Sam Juliano
Time marches on. Mid-September and moving closer to autumn. Nothing too extreme weather-wise over the last week in the vicinity of the Big Apple, though it does appear that even so much as a wind breaker is still some time away. But like everything else that scenario can change in a heart beat. Here at Wonders in the Dark it is business as usual. The long-running Greatest Romantic Films Countdown has entered the final leg, with the Top 15 set to post starting tomorrow. Certainly the quality of the reviews over the past week has basically matched some of the great stuff we’ve seen here in previous weeks. What with everyone on their best behavior the site is honored to have received some of the finest writings the esteemed authors have yet composed. True, the comment and page view totals have dropped – this has been obvious throughout – but this has more to do with the general downtrend of blogsites, all of which have taken a major hit from the likes of Facebook and Twitter. As many here will recall the most successful countdown (or any project for that matter) at this site was the Greatest Musical Films Countdown of 2011. That 70 Film survey not only attracted some of the greatest film writing I have ever laid eyes on, but also the most spectacular comment totals ever recorded here. Numerous posts amassed well over 200 comments, which a bunch of others pulled in over 100. But numbers by themselves don’t add up to much – it was the quality and the passion of the responses that made them so memorable. A dash of contentiousness also added some color to the proceedings. In any case, Wonders in the Dark also scored big with the Greatest Comedy Films Countdown and the Greatest Westerns Film Countdown, even if both showed a progressive downward trend. The community aspect of the site is still thriving -certainly well ahead of the life support that taken some less fortunate blogs over the past year. In behalf of the site’s writing staff I want to thank all those who continue to read, leave likes and comments under all the latest posts. This is alas, our life’s blood.
Specifically I want to take this opportunity to salute Jon Warner, John Grant, Frank Gallo, John Greco, Pierre de Plume, Jim Clark, Peter M., Judy Geater, Sachin Gandhi, Pat Perry, Jeffrey Goodman, Duane Porter, Tony d’Ambra, Laurie Buchanan, Dee Dee, Jeff Stroud, Celeste Fenster, Maurizio Roca, Robert Tower, Jaimie Grijalba, Dean Treadway, Tim McCoy, Marilyn Ferdinand, David Noack, Karen, Joel Bocko, Ricky, Mark Sadler, Margaret B., JacquiWine, Ed Howard, Brandie Ashe, J.D. Lafrance, Stephen Mullen, Shubhajit Lahiri, Mark Smith, Terrill Welch, David Schleicher, Anubavkist, Pedro Silva, Broadway Bob Eagleson, Mike Norton, Lucille Juliano, Melanie Juliano, John R. Thom Hickey, smallwoodryan, girlsdofilm, Giovanni Battista, Diana and Allan Fish for their essays, their comments and their “likes,” or any combinations of those. 51 reasons to celebrate!!! If I have missed someone who may have left a comment or a like or several in fact, please accept my apology. I have done my best to look back at every single review and corresponding comment section, but I am no longer as sharp as I once might have been. Ha! (more…)
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