October 2006 :: Screen Reviews

Screen Reviews

Dick Van Dyke - In Rare Form

Black and white Kinescopes of Dick Van Dykes early years on the Pat Boone Chevy Showroom program.

Flags Of Our Fathers

In 1945, 6,821 U.S. servicemen and almost 21,000 Japanese soldiers perished during 34 days of battle on Iwo Jima. In Flags Of Our Fathers, three survivors-turned-instant celebrities struggle to adjust to life away from the battlefield. Our resident WWII historian, Steve Stav, offers more insight into Clint Eastwood's thought-provoking epic.

Grouch Marx and Redd Foxx

Short studio videos of Redd Foxx and Groucho Marx from the late 60's.

Homeland Insecurity

Bob Ham looks at the latest collection of shorts from DIY filmmaker Bill Brown, somewhere between Sal Paradise and photojpurnalism.

The Science of Sleep

In Michel Gondry's new film, a young man lives in a dream world as he pursues his artistic neighbor. Good date movie, sayeth Carl F Gauze, before collapsing back into existential ennui.