Monthly links from the blogosphere: October

Bill, Steven, and Ryan are doing horror marathons during October

SDG's horror mini-reviews

Eric's Box of Horror #1: Apollo 18, Insidious, V/H/S

3guys1movie take a look at Scariest Movie Scenes

Sati's 10 films to watch alongside American Horror Story: Coven

Robert's Favorite Horror Scene Friday! The Descent

Keith reviews Suspiria

Dan's Top 10 Horror Film Sequels

Michaël Parent reviews Dawn of the Dead (1978)


Shala's New York Film Festival (NYFF) 2013 Debriefed

Bonjour Tristesse's top 20 from the Vancouver International Film Festival

Ruth is covering Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF), and asks, What’s your favorite film festival/event experience?

Oscars: Academy announces Best Foreign Language Film shortlist



Cristi B shares his 100 favorite films, and also Top 30 TV-shows

Jaina on THE NEW CROP OF 2013′S TV

Across the Universe Podcast discuss Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey

Alex Withrow shares his first short film: Full Circle

Andina ranks the films of Sofia Coppola

Josh shares music that inspires him, Top 10 College Songs. Alex does the same, only his band of choice is M83

Jack at Lights Camera Reaction reviewed Blue Jasmine

Pete Turner writes about the documentary The War Game (1965), which I now want to watch

Steven's 10 Reasons Why Lost in Translation is the Best Film Ever...



Chip completed the Entire 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die List...Again

Nostra's Monday Question: Practical effects in movies

Dan Heaton questions, What's the Cultural Future for Movies?

Ryan McNeil on Talking to People Who Aren’t Into Movies

Steve Aldersley on Big - The best Tom Hanks role from the 80s

The Vern's Random Thoughts of a Movie Insomniac # 8: Blogging = Pain & Joy.

David Bowie Shares List of 100 Favorite Books


DAFT PUNK’S “GET LUCKY” may have been stolen from Korean YouTube star.

Nick from The Cinematic Katzenjammer's Desert Island Films

flickfilosopher on what is your geek idiosyncrasy?

Monthly links from the blogosphere: September

Bonjour Tristesse's coverage of 2013 Venice International Film Festival

Courtney Anticipating Toronto International Film Fest 2013



Shala Thomas, Alex Ramon and Ryan McNeil were in Toronto

Alex Withrow's Top 20 Road Movies, and Top 10 Directors Who Released Two Great Films in One Year

Steven's Auteurs piece on Woody Allen's recent films

Dan Heaton's Women in 2013 Marathon: Miss Representation, and Desert Island Films guest post

Michaël Parent's Recommended Readings: The Best Film You’ve Never Seen by Robert K. Elder

Pete Turner's Short Story Published at Starburst Magazine: Living for the Weekend



Harrison Ford angrily points at stuff

Channing Tatum's 45-Second Handshake

Bradley Cooper's EMOTIONAL Moment.

Robert De Niro cries on Katie Couric Talk Show

SDG on City Lights or How Chaplin made me Cry!

Keith on Unknown Movies You Wish Others Would See



Ylvis - The Fox has been called by some people "the next Gangnam Style". Probably the most annoying viral song of 2013. What do you think?

Jessica loved the documentary Stories We Tell (2012)

Thomas4cinema's Best films of the last two years

Sati reviews The Hunt (2012), and Mud (2012)

Eric reviews All the President’s Men [1976]

Shane at filmactually enjoyed The Purple Rose Of Cairo (1985)



Cristi B and Andina reviewed The Bling Ring (2013)

Chip's List of Changes Made to the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, 2013 Edition

Josh's First Favorite Films of Each Year




Nostra continues 5 Obstructions blogathon

Dan on Top 10 Films To Have Driven People To Murder. Also check Top 10 Real-Life Crimes Inspired by Movies and TV

Steph loved Stoker (2013)

Jaina finally watched some decent horror movies



Ruth and 3guys1movie reviewed Warm Bodies (2013)

Keith joined letterboxd

Lisa Thatcher and I had a little e-mail discussion about boycotting artists. Here's an entertaining thread I stumbled upon of unpopular opinions.

Chris' DEBUTS BLOGATHON WRAP UP. If you enjoyed that, check out film.com's 50 Best First Films Ever Made

Facts That Will Make You Want To Travel

Monthly links from the blogosphere: August

2013 Toronto International Film Festival announces complete lineup & screening schedule

Nostra lists his top 5 films of 2013, and asks what are your favorites of the year so far?

Andrew Robinson questions, Is Money What’s Wrong With Movies? On a similar note, Michael C asks, is the Summer Blockbuster fundamentally broken?

Pete Turner's Holiday Reading 2013: Books for Movie Buffs

Josh's Top 100 Performances of All Time



Steven reviewed Polish masterpiece The Decalogue

Sarah's write-up of underrated Wendy and Lucy (2008)

Shala's Must Watch List: August 2013

Alex Withrow looks at Bret Easton Ellis Adaptations: Novels vs. Films, and also shares his top 15 documentaries of all time

Niels85 for the The 5 Obstructions Blogathon wrote a negative review of a movie he loves, Alien (1979)

Thomas4cinema lists his Best films of the last two years



Andina's 10 Lessons Learned From Black Swan

Ruth asks Which literary characters in film are your favorites?

Chip's marathon of Submarine Movies



Across the Universe Podcast is about The Before Trilogy

Dan Heaton took part in The LAMBcast: Richard Linklater Retrospective (My thoughts on these two podcasts at the end of the month!)

Eric reviewed Midnight Cowboy [1969]

Bonjour Tristesse's round-up of 2013 Locarno Film Festival

Keith at obscurendure reviews Dario Argento's Tenebre (1982)

3guys1movie review Funny Games (1997)

Lena Dunham’s Top 10 Criterion films

Michaël Parent reviews entertaining What's Up, Doc? (1972)

Jaina's A MAYBE WEEKLY ROUND-UP



Alejandro González Iñárritu, director of Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003) & Babel (2006), turned 50 on 15 August. Happy Bday!

Karl questions why he loves horror movies?

Sati's 10 TV actresses that deserve better careers

Neal at Top10films writes about Top 10 Films Under The Radar



Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal

Kristen of Journeys in Classic Film reviewed The Driver (1978)

Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #1

Top 10 Most Paused Movie Moments

Patrick from The Escape Hatch looks ahead to albums out this upcoming Autumn.



In book news, Stephen King's anticipated Shining Sequel "Doctor Sleep", is available at book stores September 24.

Emily at Flavorwire on 50 of the Best Books You Haven’t Read by Authors You Already Love (thanks for the link Jandy)

R.I.P. Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) and R.I.P. Karen Black (1939-2013)

Monthly links from the blogosphere: July

These kind folks posted lists of the Best Films of 2013 (so far): Eric, Josh, Alex Withrow, 3guys1movie, Shala, Tony Dayoub



Want a mid year report on the best 2013 music? Take a look at these lists: Steven, Josh, Andy Buckle



Douglas Engelbart, the man who invented the mouse for the computer, died on July 2, 2013

Nick from French Toast Sunday on his 6 ‘Shawshank Redemption Films’, and asks, what are yours?

Pete Turner writes about The Summer of 2050 at the Cinema



Sati's Visual Parallels: Somewhere + Earrings

Ruth asks What movie surprised you the most this year?

Bonjour Tristesse lists the award winners from 2013 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Andina reviews Wong Kar-Wai’s Chungking Express (1994)

Michaël Parent reviews the Bruce Lee martial arts classic, Enter the Dragon (1973)

Jack from Lights Camera Reaction looks at the career of Sofia Coppola



Chip Lary completed the entire 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die List

Dan Heaton as part of his Billy Wilder marathon, reviews Ace in the Hole (1950)

Top10films list Top 10 Opening Scenes in Film



Robert from The Escape Hatch on Our Favorite Summer Movies

SDG reviews Anatomy of a Murder

Jaina's Catch-Up Post



Nostra continues his 5 Obstructions blogathon

Sarah Ward from On Page and Screen reviews The Devil's Backbone (2001)



Dusty gets ponderous Is There Such a Thing as Watching Too Many Movies?

Monthly links from the blogosphere: June

On FILM PASTURE EPISODE 9: 1001 PODCASTS BEFORE YOU DIE, listen to Jay from Life vs. Film and Steve from 1001 Plus talk about their experiences with the 1001 Films to See Before You Die list. What’s good, what’s bad, and what’s missing from the popular compendium of films.

Andina's Top 10 Movies of 2012

Michaël Parent's summer of 2013 will be tainted with the films directed by Preston Sturges

Lisa Thatcher's Sydney Film Festival Round up

thomas4cinema wrote a thoughtful review about Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Love (2012), a film I'll be reviewing myself at the end of June.

Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon return as IFC picks up sequel: The Trip To Italy.



Celebrities that turn 50 in 2013: Steven Soderbergh, Quentin Tarantino, Johnny Depp, Helen Hunt, Brad Pitt, Mike Myers, Jet Li, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Kudrow, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Tori Amos, George Michael, Seal, Michael Jordan, Conan O’Brian

Lambcast Movie of the Month had an interesting discussion about American Psycho, and I even added a few things they said to my review

Nick at To The Escape Hatch writes about Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist of The Doors, who died May 20.



SONIA on How to cope with the death of Google Reader on July 1

Keith & The Movies on That Odd Thing Called Taste

Jaina kicks off her 365 photo project

Dan Heaton, for his 500th Post, shares a 2001 interview he did with Julie Delpy

Steven's latest Auteurs piece is about Woody Allen (Part 1)

Alex Withrow lists Top 10 Movies Booed at Cannes

Mette, Nikhat and Sofia continue their new podcast with a discussion about The Great Gatsby

George Lucas got married



Lauren at Man I Love Films discusses what she calls The Obsolete Critic

Niels85 liked Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Courtney wrote an article about Bling Ring, including quotes from director S Coppola.

Fogs asks, Who do YOU think is the most annoying Movie Character?

Graffiti with Punctuation, ask, What’s your favourite film adapted from a novel?

Natasha about YOUR FAVOURITE QUOTE FROM ANY MOVIE

Sati wrote a thoughtful review on Stoker (2013)



Lights Camera Reaction's appreciation post for Nicole Kidman

3guys1movie ask, What Happened To Director M. Night Shyamalan?

Pete analyzes his favorite film, Fight Club

Eric reviews John Woo's Hard Boiled [1992], a film that I hope to see soon.

Cinematic asks, What Movies Are You Looking Forward to This Summer?



Space Commander Chris Hadfield sings a cover of Space Oddity by David Bowie, in space...

3guys1movie ask, Why Did You Start Blogging About Film?

Josh lists his Top 10 Most Rewatched Films of the 2010s So Far

3guys1movie ask, What is Your Take On Product Placement In Film?

SDG reviews his June blind spot The Breakfast Club (1985)



Nostra dedicates his latest Many Faces of to James Gandolfini, who tragically died at the age of 51.

Neal at Top10films writes about his top 10 James Gandolfini films

Alex also showed his respect by writing his latest In Character piece on James Gandolfini



I can't include everyone, so don't feel left out, if I didn't link you! That's all for now, from Chris (the tricenarian)

Monthly links from the blogosphere: May

Bonjour Tristesse kicks off his coverage of the Cannes Film Festival

Shala debriefs Tribeca Film Festival, which she attended

Lisa Thatcher is going to Sydney Film Festival, and talks about 21 films from the program. (I hope she finds the time to review some of them)



Steph's Mother's Day piece om 12 Memorable Movie Moms



Mette, Nikhat, and Sofia launch Across the Universe: The Chicks With Accents Podcast.




(I won't link to all the Gatsby reviews, as the LAMBScores already provides that service)

Steven's latest Auteurs piece is about director Baz Luhrmann.

Josh's Top 10 Leonardo DiCaprio Performances

Andina shares Soundtrack Pick : The Great Gatsby



Ruth from Flixchatter picks her Desert Island Films for a guest post at Head In A Vice.

Michael C lists his favorite films of this decade (so far).



Dan lists Top 10 Films to Look Out For in 2013

Jon shares his Favorite Films of 2012

blahblahblah Toby shares 2013 So Far (Jan - Apr) Top 10

Murtaza compiled his All-Time Best 100 movies

Cinema Fanatic wrote an in-depth review on The Last Picture Show (1971)



Sati's Movie of the Month is Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive

Squasher88 as part of his list of shame reviewed The Dirty Dozen, and agrees with me that while the film is pretty good, the ending is flawed.



3guys1movie review To The Wonder

Alex Withrow reveals his Top 10 film scores of all time



Robert's Favorite Scene Friday! The Shining: An Ominous Beginning

Jessica's musings about blogs and advertising

Michaël Parent decides to also have music posts on his film blog



Harrison Ford confronts Chewbacca On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

ckckred at Cinematic asks, What Do You Do For Long Movies?

Pete Turner answers questions about Found Footage in an interesting video interview.



Eric, Nick Prigge, and Alex review Mud (2013)

Tyson Carter's Question Time XVII - Community Building

Flickfilosopher's question of the week: What one sequel would you erase from cinematic history?

Fogs asks, Who’s YOUR Favorite Director?

Nostra's Monday Question: Cinema annoyances!

MONSTER1711 shares Top 10 Foreign Horror Films

The Kid in The Front Row on The Fading Importance Of Movies

Va-Voom Vintage on How Loss of Google Reader Will Impact Your Blog

Andrea talks about Things I still haven’t mastered by the age of 29

Yoko Ono tweets controversial image of John Lennon's bloody glasses as she protests against gun violence




Congratulations to the winners of 2013 LAMMY awards!
Check out the full list of winners here

Monthly links from the blogosphere: April

3guys1movie question, What is Your Favorite Tarantino Film? (Quentin Tarantino's 50th Birthday was on March 27 )

Alex Withrow dug up from his archives, Top 15 Song Moments in Quentin Tarantino Films




Nostra rated Touching the Void (2003) 9/10

Dan Heaton reviews Margaret (2011), which is newest film in my top 100

Steph reviews underrated Arbitrage

Bonjour Tristesse highly recommends the Czech new wave film, Larks on a String (1969)




Steven, Ryan, Eric, Chip, Dan Stephens, Dan Heaton and Pete said goodbye to Roger Ebert (1942-2013). A massive number of tributes, so I can't list them all.

Niels85 used his knowledge of architecture to write about Jacques Tati's Playtime (1967)

James Blake Ewing writes about his favorite film, Days of Heaven

Ruth asks, what is a perfect movie?



Squasher88, Mark Hobin, Alex, 3guys1movie, Jack, Dan O, Fogs, Steven, Lisa, Tom, Courtney, Kevyn Knox, Alex Thomas, Jake Cole and Nick Prigge reviewed The Place Beyond The Pines (2012), which I loved.

SDG reveals Top 5 Films that I changed my opinion on

3guys1movie ask What films are on your need to watch list?




Eric, Alex, Kevyn Knox, Steven, and Ruth review Stoker (2013)

Shala lists Five (Independent) Movies That Challenge The Perception of Reality

Jack celebrates 1 year anniversary of Lights Camera Reaction.



Andina shares her favorites from Oblivion (2013) soundtrack by M83.

Pete kicks off Great Actor/Director Collaborations #1 with David Fincher and Brad Pitt.

Michael C asks, Can a sequel, prequel or remake actually be so bad that it diminishes the quality of the original?

Sati shares Scene of the Week - Batman Returns



Courtney shares Two Important Scenes Deleted From Alien (1979)

Josh talks about his Criterion Collection.

Keith recommends third film in George A. Romero's famed Dead series, Day of the Dead (1985)



Alex Withrow's 101 Cinematic Reasons Why I Love the ‘40s

3guys1movie ask, What Film Blogs Should I Check Out?

Derek lists his Top 10 Songs of the Year So Far




Congratulations to those who received LAMMY nominations! The nominees were announced on LAMBcast April 15. The nominee list is available on the LAMB site here. Final voting to determine winners runs April 17 - April 30.