The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell and John Carradine Written by Nunnally Johnson (screenplay) and John Steinbeck (novel) Directed by John Ford One of the things that's slowly and steadily been removed from our cultural identity is a sense of place. The world has gotten smaller and borders have become a … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: The Grapes of Wrath (#21)
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The AFI Top 100 Films: 2001: A Space Odyssey (#22)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood and William Sylvester Written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke Directed by Stanley Kubrick A tribe of apes scratch out a marginal existence somewhere on prehistoric Earth. They have a bad day; one of their number is killed by a predator, then they are … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: 2001: A Space Odyssey (#22)
The Unity Novels
I remembered reading this pulpy sci-fi novel out of the 70s when I was a kid, where some guy was abducted out in the middle of the ocean and put in some sort of intergalactic jail. One of his fellow inmates was this ten-foot-tall philosopher lizard, and it was this big, imprinting experience to meet … Continue reading The Unity Novels
The AFI Top 100 Films: Raging Bull (#24)
Raging Bull (1980) Starring Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty Written by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin (screenplay) and Jake La Motta (novel) Directed by Martin Scorcese This movie feels like something of an "anti-Rocky", the story of all those fighters that don't manage to stay on top very long or sacrifice something … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Raging Bull (#24)
How Our Writing Gets Better
There's a bit of an ongoing kerfluffle in the furry writing community about critics of stories and the role they should play. From my admittedly limited experience with the subject, it seems like the argument has been broken down into two camps. Some folks feel that furry literature should be subjected to the same standards … Continue reading How Our Writing Gets Better
The AFI Top 100 Films: The Maltese Falcon (#23)
The Maltese Falcon (1941) Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet Written by John Huston (screenplay) and Dashiell Hammett (novel) Directed by John Huston Chances are when you think about the quintessential film-noir detective, you're thinking about Humphrey Bogart from The Maltese Falcon. On the off chance that you aren't, the person you're thinking … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: The Maltese Falcon (#23)
The AFI Top 100 Films: E.T. (#25)
E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Starring Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore Written by Melissa Mathison Directed by Steven Spielberg This movie was a surprise. When it was released it was an instant classic, and growing up in the 80s and early 90s it was impossible to miss all the spoofs and parodies that abounded … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: E.T. (#25)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (#26)
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden Written by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern (screenplay) and Peter George (novel) Directed by Stanley Kubrick The 60's were a pretty scary time. There was an unhealthy obsession with awful colors in our … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (#26)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Bonnie and Clyde (#27)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons Written by David Newman and Robert Benton Directed by Arthur Penn Bonnie and Clyde feels like a quintessential 70s movie. It has a complicated, somewhat unlikable set of anti-heroes in Clyde Barrow (Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Dunaway). It features them doing … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Bonnie and Clyde (#27)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Apocalypse Now (#28)
Apocalypse Now (1979) Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall Written by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Most war movies take great care to show you how disorienting it is to be in the middle of battle, and a lot of these set pieces end up being some … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Apocalypse Now (#28)
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 