White Irish Drinkers

White Irish Drinkers

Screen Media Films

October 1, 2010

Historical Drama

DVD
B-

I liked this movie a lot more than I expected, with that title and its bleak setting of working-class 1975 Brooklyn.  But there is enough warmth, humor, and even hope to carry through the rough patches.  John Gray wrote and directed.

10,000 Saints

10,000 Saints

Screen Media Films

August 14, 2015

Historical Drama, Historical Comedy
DVD
C-

The acting was pretty good but I didn't really care about the characters.  Co-directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (who did The Extra Man and the surprisingly good American Splendor) co-adapted the Eleanor Henderson novel.

Death in Love

Death in Love
Screen Media Films
July 17, 2009
Historical Drama
DVD
F-

This is the first time I have ever given out an F- on any of my blogs.  (Even the Fs are rare.)  But I found the first quarter hour utterly repellent, as it's pretentious torture porn.  At least I know that probably all the other movies for this project will be more pleasant viewing experiences, so there's that.

Boaz Yakin wrote and directed and I hope I never run into his work again.