Items Tag · Brian Griffin

Bookmarked · January 7 2010, 4:28am

Above Brooklyn

Remarked · October 3 2009, 9:34am

“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.” — Cary Grant

Bookmarked · September 23 2009, 5:25am

Reading Kafka Improves Learning, Suggests Psychology Study

According to research by psychologists at UC Santa Barbara and the University of British Columbia, exposure to the surrealism in, say, Kafka's "The Country Doctor" or Lynch's "Blue Velvet" enhances the cognitive mechanisms that oversee implicit learning functions.

Remarked · August 21 2009, 12:20pm

Brian Griffin is a Basterd

Posted · August 7 2009, 11:55am

To Catch a Thief

In Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (1955) retired cat burglar John Robie (Grant) is the lead suspect in a series of new thefts. To prove his innocence he lays a trap for the copycat crook, meanwhile falling for the daughter of an oil tycoon (Kelly.)

Why haven't you seen this yet?

Bookmarked · July 28 2009, 8:28am

The movie title stills collection

Bookmarked · July 26 2009, 6:21am

Harbourfront Centre - Free Flicks: Stop Making Sense

Posted · July 25 2009, 5:50pm

I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby

Excerpt from an OTR advertisement for the film Bringing Up Baby. Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn (and Astra the dog) sing I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby.

Posted · July 25 2009, 7:16am

It Happened One Night

In Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934) newspaperman Peter Warne (Gable) falls for runaway heiress (Colbert) on a bus trip from Miami to New York. Considered the first screwball comedy, it was the first film to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Why haven't you seen this yet?

Bookmarked · July 21 2009, 10:46am

Your Blade Runner Technology Is Ready, Rick Deckard

If you've been waiting for the noir tech from the 1982 Ridley Scott movie Blade Runner, rejoice

Posted · July 19 2009, 2:19pm

Bringing Up Baby

In Howard Hawks' Bringing Up Baby (1938) paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) gets mixed up with Susan Vance (Katherine Hepburn,) a nutty socialite who leads him into one misadventure after another.

The film also features Skippy, aka Asta as George the terrier.

Why haven't you seen this yet?

Bookmarked · July 17 2009, 5:33pm

AFI's 100 Films

Today I decided that I must finally see all 100 of these films. Yes, even Patton.

Favourited · May 19 2009, 10:51am

Bookmarked · May 18 2009, 8:11am

Interview Project

Bookmarked · May 5 2009, 7:04am

Tetro

Tetro is Francis Ford Coppola’s first original screenplay since The Conversation. It is his most personal film yet, arising from memories and emotions from his early life, though totally fictional. It is the bittersweet story of two brothers, of family lost and found and the conflicts and secrets within a highly creative Argentine-Italian family.