Stories from Cofee Coffee


  1. My answers to PROFESSOR DAVID HUXLEY'S LABORIOUS, LICENTIOUS SPOTTED-LEOPARD LABOR DAY FILM QUIZ

    Cofee Coffee &bull Yesterday

    Experience or simply watch? If you mean experience, I wish I was Mark Damon going down on Christiane Kruger in Little Mother by Radley Metzger. As far as watching a classic film, I'm still hoping someday to see It's Trad,… Full Story »

    • Takashi Miike
    • Takashi Miike
    • Takashi Miike

  2. In Old Chicago

    Cofee Coffee &bull Sep 3, 2010

    First, the history: There is a city called Chicago. There was a massive fire in Chicago in 1871. Otherwise, In Old Chicago is pure blarney. Even with credit to the Chicago Historical Society, Henry King's film is as factual as Fargo or The Blair Witch Project. The first two-thirds or so makes for a fairly entertaining mix of comedy and drama with some musical numbers… Full Story »

    • Fargo
    • Fargo

  3. The Winning of Barbara Worth

    Cofee Coffee &bull Sep 1, 2010

    Nothing in The Winning of Barbara Worth is as visually striking as the first shots. A woman is seen burying someone in the desert. There is a painterly quality to the composition of this shot, this lone woman leaning over the shovel stuck in sand. A full shot reveals her wagon, and the the mound where a body… Full Story »

    • Control
    • Control

  4. Some Thoughts on Henry King

    Cofee Coffee &bull Aug 31, 2010

    For the better part of September, I plan on writing about some of the films of Henry King. Why this director and why now? September marks thirty-five years since Henry King was honored at the Telluride Film Festival. Prior to being a Cinema Studies student, I had seen Carousel, still for me the best of the films made from Rogers and… Full Story »

    • Telluride Film Festival

  5. My Ernest Borgnine Weekend DVD Retrospective

    Cofee Coffee &bull Aug 26, 2010

    The Screen Actors Guild recently announced that they would be handing a Lifetime Achievement award to Ernest Borgnine this coming January. While I don't have any problem with Borgnine being a more than worthy recipient, I feel like someone is tempting fate here. I'm pretty sure there were several people who were counting on giving Stanley Kubrick an honorary Oscar in 2001. And while Borgnine is still going strong at 93, with several movies yet to be released, I would still keep the proverbial fingers crossed. The news was enough for me to watch a couple more films featuring Borgnine… Full Story »

    • Stanley Kubrick

  6. Girl of Time

    Cofee Coffee &bull Aug 24, 2010

    Like the other films I have seen to date by Nobuhiko Obayashi, Girl of Time centers on an adolescent girl who gets lost in a world of cheap special effects. It is a charming movie, really, and the debut of then teen star Tomoyo Harada. What I've been finding interesting also about some of the Japanese films… Full Story »

    • Scene

  7. A World without Thieves

    Cofee Coffee &bull Aug 19, 2010

    I've only seen four films by Feng Xiaogang. Even when I don't find the work successful, I feel some respect for his ambition. Feng should be a better known filmmaker outside of China, if for no other reason than that he has made the two most financially successful Chinese films back to back. The romantic comic drama, If You are the One from 2008 has recently been bested by this year's disaster epic, Aftershock. The box office in dollars may seem like no big deal, about 75… Full Story »


  8. The Time Machine (1960)

    Cofee Coffee &bull Aug 17, 2010

    I was eight years old when The Time Machine was released. I was set on seeing the movie after reading the Illustrated Classics comic book version dozens of times. And then my mother said, "No". It never occurred to me why she would not want me to see a movie based on an acknowledged classic novel. By my reasoning, if a film was based on a great book, that automatically made the film worth seeing. Begging, pleading, and a very dramatic temper tantrum finally proved… Full Story »

    • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Alfred Hitchcock

  9. Flying Boys

    Cofee Coffee &bull Aug 12, 2010

    The flying in this title refers to the leaps made by the young men, who have found themselves learning the basics of ballet. One could also give a more symbolic spin to the title, as these are high school graduates who are on the verge of leaving home or… Full Story »

    • Scene

  10. Countess Dracula

    Cofee Coffee &bull Aug 10, 2010

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    • John Wayne
    • John Wayne
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