by Sam Juliano
The e mail response to the upcoming Allan Fish Online Film Festival has been most heartening so far. John Grant, Marilyn Ferdinand, Roderick Heath, Aaron West, Anukbavkist, Sachin Gandhi, J.D. Lafrance and Jared Dec have all reserved posts in this second annual tribute to our beloved movie mentor. Undoubtedly there will be others coming forward soon enough. As always there isn’t any need to reveal what the post will be unless there is a desire to do so beforehand. I will be touching bases regularly with project founder Jamie Uhler, who will launch the festival with his own essay.
The Greatest Television Series Countdown Encore is doing far better than I imagined it would. Thank you so much to the fabulous writers who have so far done miraculous work: Brian Wilson, Brandie Ashe, Pierre de Plume, Adam Ferenz, Dennis Polifroni, John Greco, Jon Warner and Lucille and Sammy Juliano IV. There will be an eleven day break beginning on Thursday, April 19th for the annual Tribeca Film Festival, which Lucille and I will be attending in force once again.
Our resident film scholar Jim Clark this past week penned another magisterial essay in his Kelly Reichardt series, while the west coast wunderkinds, Jared Dec and Trevor Nigg completed another sensational podcast to rank with any done by film veterans. Their discussions are astonishingly brilliant and have raised the bar for this kind of thing. Our friend Aaron West is also a supreme master in this department and his own podcasts are in the same sphere!!
Lucille and I saw two films in theaters this past week:
A Quiet Place ***** (Saturday night) Secaucus multiplex
Chappaquiddick *** (Friday night) Secaucus multiplex
The new horror film “A Quiet Place” is a shattering emotional experience that moves you to the core of your being. Superbly paced, photographed and acted by Emily Blunt and others this art house work also contains a piercingly beautiful score by Marco Beltrami. “Chappaquidick” on the other hand is fairly well done if not especially remarkable.
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Glad to hear you liked A Quiet Place so much, Sam! I’ve made a note to catch it when I can.
Thank you John! I have every reason to believe this film will move, jar and impress you in a big way. Of its kind it is one of the very best, though it does transcend the horror genre, making it a multi-dimensional masterwork! Hope to compare notes at some point! Have a great week my friend!
Have a great week my friend!
You too, Sam!
Thank you so much! 🙂
I just can’t see horror films. A big emotional blob stays with me – forever !
I am hoping to see at least one movie this spring, but my movie going friend is doing mediation in Iran right now so don’t know when keeping my eyes posted on your reviews
Still working on reviews to stay ahead with a wedding on the summer schedule I don’t want to get behind. Just finished Amy Blooms historic fiction about Eleanor Roosevelt’s true love- White Houses -fabulous. I think Brixton Beach should be made into a movie – immigrant story about the civil war in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) which is now moving into England and affecting us all. Hope you have a good week and weather improves
I just can’t see horror films. A big emotional blob stays with me – forever !
I am hoping to see at least one movie this spring, but my movie going friend is doing mediation in Iran right now so don’t know when keeping my eyes posted on your reviews
Still working on reviews to stay ahead with a wedding on the summer schedule I don’t want to get behind. Just finished Amy Blooms historic fiction about Eleanor Roosevelt’s true love- White Houses -fabulous. I think Brixton Beach should be made into a movie – immigrant story about the civil war in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) which is now moving into England and affecting us all. Hope you have a good week and weather improves
Sam — If I wasn’t afraid that “A Quiet Place” would scare the living daylights out of me and scar me emotionally, I’d see it in a heartbeat. But alas, I’m a scardie-cat.
Can’t wait to see A Quiet Place Sam!