How lovely! I don’t have as many holiday movies as I’d like too, but I’ll put them together following your example.
Take great pleasure in the ritualistic setup of the "Sarah's Holiday Canon" shelf. Christmas, New Year's Eve, snowbound cinema, just plain cozy, and good coats.
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
How lovely! I don’t have as many holiday movies as I’d like too, but I’ll put them together following your example.
Happy Julie Harris centennial! A nuanced actress who was great at channeling desperation and frailty, as in that horror masterpiece that is The haunting. Her fear feels so organic, her anxiety so intense, that you feel instinctively protective toward her.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy Julie Harris centennial! A nuanced actress who was great at channeling desperation and frailty, as in that horror masterpiece that is The haunting. Her fear feels so organic, her anxiety so intense, that you feel instinctively protective toward her.
Happy Lise Bourdin centennial. Her elegant beauty graced the screen in Billy Wilder’s delightful Love in the afternoon.
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Happy Lise Bourdin centennial. Her elegant beauty graced the screen in Billy Wilder’s delightful Love in the afternoon.
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Grey Day in Town (2025)
by Mark Grantham
by Mark Grantham
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Grey Day in Town (2025)
by Mark Grantham
by Mark Grantham
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Couple in The Rain, Paris (1965)
by Kees Scherer
by Kees Scherer
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Couple in The Rain, Paris (1965)
by Kees Scherer
by Kees Scherer
Happy Rock Hudson centennial!!! Be it as an action hero in westerns/adventure, tortured leading man in melodramas or light comedían in romantic comedies, he was a much better actor than given credit for. Charm was his most distinctive asset since early vehicles like Sea devils.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy Rock Hudson centennial!!! Be it as an action hero in westerns/adventure, tortured leading man in melodramas or light comedían in romantic comedies, he was a much better actor than given credit for. Charm was his most distinctive asset since early vehicles like Sea devils.
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Can't make any decisions about which religion to follow until all the world's spiritual leaders make their Letterboxd public.
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Can't make any decisions about which religion to follow until all the world's spiritual leaders make their Letterboxd public.
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. An acting titan who graced the screen in several masterpieces throughout his long and illustrious career. His juvenile devotion for a nightclub owner, so delicately portrayed, is one of the reasons why I love When a woman ascends the stairs.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. An acting titan who graced the screen in several masterpieces throughout his long and illustrious career. His juvenile devotion for a nightclub owner, so delicately portrayed, is one of the reasons why I love When a woman ascends the stairs.
Happy John Guillermin centennial! His lavish adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile is one of the most enjoyable films I’ve seen, my sort of “comfort movie”. The cast and the production values are top-notch and the mystery is so pleasantly involving.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy John Guillermin centennial! His lavish adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile is one of the most enjoyable films I’ve seen, my sort of “comfort movie”. The cast and the production values are top-notch and the mystery is so pleasantly involving.
Happy Richard Burton centennial!!! He could be elegant or vulgar, arrogant or beaten-down, cerebral or passional, but always mesmerizing. Look back in anger was a cultural watershed, and Burton’s portrait of an “angry young man” prefectly captured the spirit of the moment.
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Happy Richard Burton centennial!!! He could be elegant or vulgar, arrogant or beaten-down, cerebral or passional, but always mesmerizing. Look back in anger was a cultural watershed, and Burton’s portrait of an “angry young man” prefectly captured the spirit of the moment.
RIP Pauline Collins. A lovely actress, whose sparkling eyes and expansive personality bewitch me everytime I see her, be it as the housewife looking for adventure in Shirley Valentine, or in supporting roles in films such as Your will meet a tall dark stranger or Quartet. She will be missed.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
RIP Pauline Collins. A lovely actress, whose sparkling eyes and expansive personality bewitch me everytime I see her, be it as the housewife looking for adventure in Shirley Valentine, or in supporting roles in films such as Your will meet a tall dark stranger or Quartet. She will be missed.
Happy Michel Bouquet centennial! He was a great, elegant actor who incarnated French bourgeoisie’s vices and virtues under such masters as Chabrol and Truffaut. He was perfect as the middle-age man torn between jealousy/guilt and his bourgeoisie ways/morals in La femme infidèle.
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Happy Michel Bouquet centennial! He was a great, elegant actor who incarnated French bourgeoisie’s vices and virtues under such masters as Chabrol and Truffaut. He was perfect as the middle-age man torn between jealousy/guilt and his bourgeoisie ways/morals in La femme infidèle.
RIP Diane Ladd. I first saw her in a brief but memorable scene in Chinatown and have been under her spell ever since. From Polanski and Scorsese to Lynch, she left a mark of elegant beauty and strenght. A class act.
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
RIP Diane Ladd. I first saw her in a brief but memorable scene in Chinatown and have been under her spell ever since. From Polanski and Scorsese to Lynch, she left a mark of elegant beauty and strenght. A class act.
RIP Tchéky Karyo. A character actor in the best French tradition, I like specially his portrayal of historical characters such as Nostradamus in the same title film and Molière in Le roi danse.
November 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
RIP Tchéky Karyo. A character actor in the best French tradition, I like specially his portrayal of historical characters such as Nostradamus in the same title film and Molière in Le roi danse.
Happy Lee Grant centennial! A great actress who survived the HUAC witch hunt and became a driving force of committed filmmaking, both in front and behind the camera. Love her breakdown scene in In the heat of the night, a powerful moment by an actress whose heart was in the film.
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Happy Lee Grant centennial! A great actress who survived the HUAC witch hunt and became a driving force of committed filmmaking, both in front and behind the camera. Love her breakdown scene in In the heat of the night, a powerful moment by an actress whose heart was in the film.
Happy Robert Hardy centennial! From The spy who came in from the cold, to Sense and sensibility, to the Harry Potter saga, he was a great character actor in the best British tradition.
October 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Happy Robert Hardy centennial! From The spy who came in from the cold, to Sense and sensibility, to the Harry Potter saga, he was a great character actor in the best British tradition.
Happy Geraldine Brooks centennial! Love her as Joan Crawford’s stepdaughter in Possessed and as the victim of extortion in Max Ophüls’ The reckless moment.
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Happy Geraldine Brooks centennial! Love her as Joan Crawford’s stepdaughter in Possessed and as the victim of extortion in Max Ophüls’ The reckless moment.
Actually LOL!
My top three Hitchcocks? Well probably Alfred's gotta be right up there.
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Actually LOL!
Love how beautifully Avelina Prat films the acts of kindness of everyday people in The Portuguese house (Una quinta portuguesa), very much a la Kaurismäki. Delicately mysterious, luminously cozy, it lifted my heart with its umpretentious portrayal of basic decency.
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Love how beautifully Avelina Prat films the acts of kindness of everyday people in The Portuguese house (Una quinta portuguesa), very much a la Kaurismäki. Delicately mysterious, luminously cozy, it lifted my heart with its umpretentious portrayal of basic decency.
RIP Björn Andrésen. His stunning looks were ideal for his role as Tadzio in Death in Venice, leaving some indelible images of youthful beauty.
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
RIP Björn Andrésen. His stunning looks were ideal for his role as Tadzio in Death in Venice, leaving some indelible images of youthful beauty.
RIP June Lockhart. Love her as the kind, wholesome Lucille Ballard in Meet me in St. Louis (and as the Robinson matriarch in Lost in space). One of our last links to Hollywood Golden era, she celebrated her 100th birthday earlier this year.
October 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
RIP June Lockhart. Love her as the kind, wholesome Lucille Ballard in Meet me in St. Louis (and as the Robinson matriarch in Lost in space). One of our last links to Hollywood Golden era, she celebrated her 100th birthday earlier this year.
RIP André Oumansky. From Henri-Georges Clouzot to Sofía Coppola, he worked with many interesting directors during his long career. He was electrifying as the hidden villain in René Clement’s Les félins.
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
RIP André Oumansky. From Henri-Georges Clouzot to Sofía Coppola, he worked with many interesting directors during his long career. He was electrifying as the hidden villain in René Clement’s Les félins.
RIP Martine Brochard. From Baisers volés to Une femme à sa fênetre, she was a sensous presence in French and Italian cinema.
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
RIP Martine Brochard. From Baisers volés to Une femme à sa fênetre, she was a sensous presence in French and Italian cinema.
The film that turned me into a Claude Sautet fan and French cinema lover.
10/18/95: Claude Sautet's lovely final film, Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud
w/Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Mr. Michael Lonsdale
Serrault, Sautet w/César Awards
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w/Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Mr. Michael Lonsdale
Serrault, Sautet w/César Awards
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October 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The film that turned me into a Claude Sautet fan and French cinema lover.
Happy Phyllis Dalton centennial! One of my favorite moments in Lawrence of Arabia was Lawrence enjoying his majestic white costumes in the middle of the desert. From Our man in Havana to Doctor Zhivago to Voyage of the damned to Much ado about nothing, her work was always great.
October 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy Phyllis Dalton centennial! One of my favorite moments in Lawrence of Arabia was Lawrence enjoying his majestic white costumes in the middle of the desert. From Our man in Havana to Doctor Zhivago to Voyage of the damned to Much ado about nothing, her work was always great.