I love Papillon! Bullitt is the definitive McQueen movie to be sure, but I like Papillon more.
Franklin Schaffner is a really underrated action director. He was great at directing meaty, sweaty action sequences that are still lean and spatially coherent.

I love Papillon! Bullitt is the definitive McQueen movie to be sure, but I like Papillon more.
Franklin Schaffner is a really underrated action director. He was great at directing meaty, sweaty action sequences that are still lean and spatially coherent.

This is the movie that taught me how to play five-card stud. What an odd game. You get one card face down and one face up, followed by three cards in a row face up. You can never exchange any cards. So you can only bluff on the strength of that single face-down card. There's a reason no one plays this game anymore.

This is the movie that taught me how to play five-card stud. What an odd game. You get one card face down and one face up, followed by three cards in a row face up. You can never exchange any cards. So you can only bluff on the strength of that single face-down card. There's a reason no one plays this game anymore.

I've been away from the AVC until recently, so this totally missed me. Thanks!

I've been away from the AVC until recently, so this totally missed me. Thanks!

I have never seen this show, but a friend of mine has a one-line part in an upcoming episode. The line? "We have a ravioli bar?!"

I have never seen this show, but a friend of mine has a one-line part in an upcoming episode. The line? "We have a ravioli bar?!"

And look at this fucking cast: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, and Paul Sorvino.
Man, I really want to watch this movie again! Unfortunately, it's not on DVD. :-( But it looks like Encore Drama (which I have) is showing it on Dec. 9th. :-)

And look at this fucking cast: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, and Paul Sorvino.
Man, I really want to watch this movie again! Unfortunately, it's not on DVD. :-( But it looks like Encore Drama (which I have) is showing it on Dec. 9th. :-)

The Verdict is a good one. I'd suggest the William Friedkin film The Brink's Job, a film I have not seen in many years, but I remember it featuring a lot of gritty Boston locales.

The Verdict is a good one. I'd suggest the William Friedkin film The Brink's Job, a film I have not seen in many years, but I remember it featuring a lot of gritty Boston locales.

In fairness, as community theatre goes, Streetcar! was actually pretty awesome.

In fairness, as community theatre goes, Streetcar! was actually pretty awesome.

Ooh, I hope tomorrow's choice is Fever Pitch!

Ooh, I hope tomorrow's choice is Fever Pitch!

I had the same experience with Brick's homosexuality in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. It's funny how hot Hollywood was on adapting Tennessee Williams despite not allowing themselves to show any of the good stuff.

I had the same experience with Brick's homosexuality in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. It's funny how hot Hollywood was on adapting Tennessee Williams despite not allowing themselves to show any of the good stuff.

Everyone talks about A Streetcar Named Desire as a New Orleans play, but no one ever notices that The Glass Menagerie is set in St. Louis. I mean, that's probably because there is nothing remotely St. Louis-y about TGM, but we demand some credit, dammit!

Everyone talks about A Streetcar Named Desire as a New Orleans play, but no one ever notices that The Glass Menagerie is set in St. Louis. I mean, that's probably because there is nothing remotely St. Louis-y about TGM, but we demand some credit, dammit!