Miller's Crossing

Gangsters walk in the woods looking for a hat. Starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney and John Turturro, written and directed by the Coen brothers.

What's the rumpus? It's still the Coen brothers' best film. It might be fairly low budget, but it looks great. It has both the small moments and the big setpieces, and a beautifully constructed script that is endlessly quotable. I was just speculatin' about a hypothesis. But was it even nominated for an Oscar? Nuts! Shame on the Academy. Look into your heart. Eddie Dane is a great bad guy and Jon Polito as Johnny Caspar is strangely sympathetic, almost running off with the film. Always put one in the brain. Re-watching it, you notice small details, like the number of times Verna says "heart". A masterpiece, but if I'd known we were gonna cast our feelings into words, I'd've memorized the Song of Solomon.

Mutiny on the Bounty

I've only seen parts of the Clark Gable and Mel Gibson versions. Apparently every generation gets its own retelling of this story. Doesn't that mean that there's time for a new one, and if so is there any other director than Terrence Malick that should get the job?
It's a bit hard to get past Marlon Brando's attempt at a British accent, and he's an odd choice for the part. Okay, there is some brooding involved in the Fletcher Christian role, but he never really gets to do much Marlon Brandoing. Maybe he just didn't care at this point. It's a shame that the film version of On The Road never happened, with Brando as Neal Cassady and Montgomery Clift in the Jack Kerouac part. Even censored, it could have been interesting.

Cigarette 2.0

Oh la la

drawn by Charles Berberian

Mummy and Girl

Cup of Coffee

drawn directly in pen without penciling

Happy birthday, Harold Lloyd!