Much as I love the cinematic/epic and ambient sides of Eno's work, the little pop songs are gems, too, especially "I'll Come Running to Tie Your Shoes" and "Cindy Tells Me".

Much as I love the cinematic/epic and ambient sides of Eno's work, the little pop songs are gems, too, especially "I'll Come Running to Tie Your Shoes" and "Cindy Tells Me".

"Ambient 1: Music for Airports" was also my introduction to Eno, as a kid when it first came out (thanks to my big sis). Many years later, I used the Bang on a Can live version as part of a soundscape for a production of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", when the titular character gazes at the stars.

"Ambient 1: Music for Airports" was also my introduction to Eno, as a kid when it first came out (thanks to my big sis). Many years later, I used the Bang on a Can live version as part of a soundscape for a production of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", when the titular character gazes at the stars.

I have three kids, and they all love Raiders, and Jaws.  The oldest has seen John Carpenter's The Thing, and is (rightfully) enthusiastic about it.  So I think the thing with practical effects is, when they're done right, they're still the best.  I've heard special-effects pros say that CGI should only be used if it's…

WR, did you see Oxbow Incident on tv or on a cinema screen?  Because I think that could make a difference.  Just one example: there's this scene with a whole bunch of guys in an interior and Fonda has this monologue about justice, mainly shown as a two-shot with Harry Morgan,and during most of it, Morgan's hat is…

Oxbow Incident has the best use of hats as a way of framing or breaking up close-to-medium shots (I'm sure there's a proper technical term for that) I've ever seen.  I saw it for the first time on a big screen, as opposed to tv, so those huger-than life hat brims really dominated some scenes, in a good way.

Wings is the first silent movie I ever saw in a theater.  It was entertaining enough to my pre-teen self to be the gateway to a lifetime of silent cinema fandom, so even though it's far from one of my faves, that's a good thing in itself.