A Farewell to Two Kings
The Grim Reaper was a bigger son of a bitch than usual today. We lost Robert Duvall and the great Documentary film maker and giant human being Frederick Wiseman.
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TCM Look-Ahead - June 12
A weekly feature here on Big Heads that looks forward to the week ahead on the mighty Turner Classic Movies. For your viewing and recording pleasure. Friday, June 12 08:00 p.m. PST Scarlet Street. (1945) Perhaps the perfect noir? All the elements are there. Eddie Robinson as the
Directorial Chronology - 1979
In The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929 - 1968, Andrew Sarris provided an extremely useful and entertaining appendix he called "Directorial Chronology." It was basically a best American film of the year list with a highly auteurist, idiosyncratic bent. So you would see things like Man's
TCM Look-Ahead - June 5
A weekly feature here on Big Heads that looks forward to the week ahead on the mighty Turner Classic Movies, for your viewing and recording pleasure. With the release of Spielberg's newest film, Disclosure Day, TCM pays tribute to the master. You don't need me to
Favorite First Time Watches - May Top 10
Hokum (2026), directed by Damien McCarthy. Oz Perkins and Zach Cregger seem to be getting all the headlines (and now, out of nowhere, Curry Baker – see below), but for my money the Irishman Damien McCarthy is the most interesting horror auteur of this recent age. Adam Scott is a douchey