Category: Movie

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The Killers (1964) and Tenebrae

Clu Gulager and Lee Marvin.The Killers (1964). Don Siegel's adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1946 short story "The Killers" is sadly overshadowed by the 1946 film version that made stars of Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Siegel's The Ki...
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Lambcast #700 700th Episode Celebration

In this “special” episode of the LAMBcast we take note of this new milestone by getting together some of the long time hosts of the show, including the founder of the LAMB Dylan Fields.

The conversation starts out with a discussion of the origination of the Lamb and a little backstage talk about the first Lambcast. Dylan went from primitive recording to polished host. Jay Cluitt started out as a disagreeable guest and morphed into a disagreeable host (just kidding). Robert Zerbe was a longtime cohost of the show and hosted …

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Lambcast #699 Decade Lookback 1978

This week on the Lambcast, we step into the Wayback Machine and take a trip to the Me Decade. Disco was still king, Sequels were becoming more and more typical, and nostalgia for the Beatles was the driving force of a couple of movies on our lists. We expanded the guest list this week to include some people who have first hand memories of 1978, and we got at least 26 different films to share with each other and with you.

Todd Liebenow of Forgotten Films discovered that on his own project, 1978 may have had the greatest number of entries. Dave Anderson…

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The Movie of the Month for September 2023 is…

It’s time to announce the next Movie of the Month winner! There were five nominees submitted by LAMB members and various methods of campaigning ranging from a social media barrage to absolutely nothing and not even voting for their own film, but it seems persistence doesn’t always pay off, as this month’s winner was not the most prolific campaigner for the poll. Sometimes you just need to champion something fun, and as such this month’s winner is Real Genius!

Congratulations go to Jeanette Ward from The Mundane…

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Another dispatch from Ennui-sur-Blasé

           DB here: Hardcore Wes Anderson admirers will be happy to learn of the latest entry in the series of massive auteur monographs devoted to the work of the director. After a synoptic volume, The Wes Anderson Collection, there followed one devoted to The Grand Budapest Hotel and another to Isle of Dogs. Now we […]
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Lambcast #698 Hero-MOTM

When the Movie of the Month show rolls around, we always hope for a gem, but sometimes we get a cubic zirconia. This month the guest list evaluating the film discovers a true jewel and happily dive into the discussion of the 2002 film “Hero”.  

Heather Baxendale-Walsh championed this personal favorite to the winner’s circle and she enthusiastically sums up the story and draws attention to the aspects of the film that are so special. Tony Coogan and Howard Casner certainly agree on some elements of the film,…

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Vote for September 2023’s Movie of the Month!

It’s time to vote for the next Movie of the Month! We’re back up to a healthy crop of five films to choose between, all submitted by LAMB members, and the winner will have an upcoming Lambcast episode dedicated to it! The poll is at the bottom of the page, but first here are the nominees:

Only Angels Have Wings (1939) [James Wilson, Blogging by Cinema-Light]

Real Genius (1985) [Jeanette Ward, The Mundane Adventures of a Fangirl]

Matinee (1993) [Todd Liebenow, Forgotten Filmz]

Stardust (2007) [Bubbawheat, It’s Time …

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The Deadly Affair and Harper

James Mason as Charles Dobbs.The Deadly Affair (1967). James Mason stars as Charles Dobbs--a renamed George Smiley--in Sidney Lumet's moderately successful adaptation of John Le Carre's novel Call for the Dead. The plot is more mystery than e...