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Carolina On My Mind5 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 6 days ago: My Fall 2009 Travel Season came full circle.  In October, I visited upstate New York and the greater … more →

Tags: History, Inspiration, Literature, Movies, Photography, Travel, Appalachian Mountains, Asheville, Biltmore Estate

Shutter Island Part One: The Novel5 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 1 week ago: Upon sterling recommendations from fellow film blogger John Greco and fellow independent Philly-base … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, pop culture, Psychology, Boston, Christopher Tait, Criminaly Insane, Dennis Lehane, Emily Mortimer

The Road Often Taken5 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 3 weeks ago: Hey, pop, you think Smokey the Bear is gonna be mad at us? Over the years these grisly post-apocalyp … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, Movies, apocalypse, cannibals, Charlize Theron, Cormac Mccarthy, John hillcoat, Kodi Smit McPhee, Post-Apocalyptic movies

The Winter of our Discontent8 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 3 weeks ago: Okay, so 2009 has been a fairly solid and entertaining year for films thus far…but is it just … more →

Tags: Art-house cinema, Books, Movies, Avatar, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Broken Embraces, Brothers, Edge of Darkness, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Halloween Horror Film Festival6 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 1 month ago: The Schleicher Spin now proudly presents: A Guide to a Great Halloween Horror Film Festival Step One … more →

Tags: Art, Art-house cinema, Movie Reviews, Movies, pop culture, Psychology, Classic Films, Creepfest, 'Drag Me to Hell'

Obscure Cinema: Inkheart (+ book vs. film)

clarely wrote 2 months ago: I was going to do a book vs. film analysis of Inkheart, but then watching the film again last night, … more →

Tags: film, Reviews, obscure cinema, Inkheart

Revisiting The Sweet Hereafter - The Best Film of the 1990's10 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 2 months ago: Why do I get that sinking feeling when thinking about great films from the 1990's? There is no s … more →

Tags: Art, Art-house cinema, Movie Reviews, Movies, 1990s Films, adoration, American Beauty, Ararat, Atom Egoyan

So I went a little crazy at the bookstore...1 comment

clarely wrote 3 months ago: Went to the Brookline Booksmith tonight before meeting my friend for a celebratory dinner/dessert at … more →

Tags: Books

The Summer of War4 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 3 months ago: Superfluous slasher sequels and Labor Day mean one thing for filmgoers: the long summer movie season … more →

Tags: Art-house cinema, Movie Reviews, Movies, pop culture, 'Drag Me to Hell', Public Enemies, Away we go, inglourious basterds, District 9

Film vs. Book: The Time Traveler's Wife

clarely wrote 3 months ago: As both a film buff and an avid reader (I was a hardcore bookworm in my younger years, and despite m … more →

Tags: film, Reviews, Time Travelers Wife, Film Adaptations

GreeneLand on Film10 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 4 months ago: Fans of British novelist Graham Greene are said to live in GreeneLand, a place where I take up a hap … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, Books, Literature, Movies, Inspiration, Graham Greene, Ralph Fiennes, film noir, Carol Reed

A Review of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies"9 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 5 months ago: Depp is the man on the run from "the man" in Mann's film. Handsome Depp Gangster Flick … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, pop culture, Movies, History, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, true crime, Crime & Thrillers, The Great Depression

Summer Reading for 20092 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 6 months ago: Wondering what to read this summer?  Well here’s a motley lot of books that have found their w … more →

Tags: Publishing, Books, Literature, Book Reviews, Graham Greene, Novels, Juan Antonio Bayona, Short Stories, film classics

When the Good Movies Are8 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 7 months ago: Max decides to take a nap and dream of many wild things until his movie comes out in October.   With … more →

Tags: Movies, pop culture, previews, Trailers, Movie Trailers, Sam Mendes, Emily Mortimer, Martin Scorsese, Mira Nair

To Queue or Not to Queue4 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 9 months ago: As tumbleweeds blow through the dust bowls of our nation’s cineplexes — Sunshine Cleanin … more →

Tags: Art-house cinema, Movie Reviews, Movies, A la Claire fontaine, Angelina Jolie, blindness, Changeling, Clint Eastwood, Courtney Hunt

The Bizarre Appeal of Slumdog Millionaire17 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 10 months ago: Admittedly Mumbai does get a few good shots in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. The increasing commercial succes … more →

Tags: Art-house cinema, Movie Reviews, Movies, Politics, pop culture, Travel, Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire, Loveleen Tandan

The 3rd Annual Davies Awards in Film7 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 11 months ago: A Look Back at 2008: Looking back on the year in film that was 2008, I’m left with but one que … more →

Tags: Art-house cinema, Arts and Entertainment, Awards, Movie Reviews, Movies, pop culture, The Davies, academy awards, Alcoves

A Review of Sam Mendes' Adaptation of Richard Yates' "Revolutionary Road"2 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 11 months ago: Leo tells Kate, "No, Honey, you can't see Europe from the shores of Connecticut." They … more →

Tags: Art-house cinema, Literature, Movie Reviews, Movies, Revolutionary Road, Sam Mendes, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Richard Yates

A Review of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"2 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 11 months ago: Cate asks Brad, "Can we please be movie stars, even if just for today?" Nothing Lasts Fore … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, Literature, Movies, Inspiration, History, Travel, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett


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