Longhorn Reviews

Harold and Maude [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents ; produced by Colin Higgins and Charles B. Mulvehill ; written by Colin Higgins ; directed by Hal Ashby.

[Longhorn Review] Harold and Maude

Material Type: All, Movies — Tags: valentine's day recommendation — Posted on February 3, 2012, 12:30 pm

By: Hal Ashby

If you’ve always hoped to meet that special someone who is the peanut butter to your jelly no matter how eccentric you are, you might enjoy watching Harold and Maude this Valentine’s Day. Harold, who stages fake suicides for his mother’s benefit and is obsessed with death, is caught off-guard when he meets carefree Maude at a funeral, eventually falling in love. Nevermind that she’s 79.

Reviewer: Anna Fidgeon

valentine's day recommendation

Stravinsky et les Ballet Russes

[Longhorn Review] Stravinsky et les Ballet Russes

Material Type: All, movies — Tags: Ballet Russes, falstaffpicks, Rite of Spring, Stravinsky — Posted on October 15, 2010, 11:36 am

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"In celebration of the debut of the Ballets Russes in Paris in 1909, this
wonderful Stravinsky evening at the Mariinsky Theatre showcases the original
Nijinsky version of The Rite of Spring for the first time on DVD" - how can you go
wrong??

Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer

Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan.

[Longhorn Review] Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan.

Material Type: All, movies — Posted on June 15, 2010, 12:38 pm

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The journal contains local and international research carried out by scientists
and is a good source for the research conducted in Asia and Middle East
region.

Reviewer: Rashid Raza

Night of the creeps / written and directed by Fred Dekker

[Longhorn Review] Night of the creeps / written and directed by Fred Dekker

Material Type: All, movies — Tags: falstaffpicks — Posted on April 12, 2010, 11:48 am

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Class-A zombie movie. Lots of camp, cliche, and wit.

Reviewer: Tommy

falstaffpicks

The whole shootin' match

[Longhorn Review] The whole shootin' match

Material Type: All, movies — Tags: falstaffpicks — Posted on April 5, 2010, 8:53 am

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Quintessential Austin films, and essential documents of independent film for that
matter. A uniquely true to life and genuine document that is highly
cherishable.

Reviewer: Tommy

falstaffpicks

Jordan Belson : 5 essential films / Jordan Belson

[Longhorn Review] Jordan Belson : 5 essential films / Jordan Belson

Material Type: All, movies — Tags: falstaffpicks — Posted on March 9, 2010, 10:41 am

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What we’ve got here is relatively slowly evolving, concentrated figurative
movement, yet within that concentration there is intense fluidity. I have no idea
how these were created, but my best guess would be light, gas, smoke, and flame.
It’s very elemental, which I guess for me is the start for qualifying something as
essential. Belson obviously is a master at what he does, and this DVD comes very
highly recommended. The true surprise here is Belson’s musical ability. He scores
most of the films here and the work is very advanced for the time and singular,
sounding completely fresh, forward thinking, and yet tied-in with music at large.
The tone of the music is ethereal, of course.

Reviewer: Tommy

falstaffpicks

Oskar Fischinger, ten films / produced by Center for Visual Music ; in association with the Elfriede Fischinger Trust and Jack Rutberg Fine Arts.

[Longhorn Review] Oskar Fischinger, ten films / produced by Center for Visual Music ; in association with the Elfriede Fischinger Trust and Jack Rutberg Fine Arts.

Material Type: All, movies — Tags: falstaffpicks — Posted on March 9, 2010, 10:40 am

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Highly recommended "visual music" DVD. Brilliant, pioneering abstract-animations
paired with music... or to mute and pair with your own music. Also see the John
Whitney, Len Lye, Jordan Belson and Harry Smith videos in our collection.

Reviewer: Tommy

falstaffpicks

al-Ḥubb sanat 70 videorecording = Love in the 70's

[Longhorn Review] al-Ḥubb sanat 70 videorecording = Love in the 70's

Material Type: All, movies — Posted on February 17, 2010, 11:46 am

By: ikhrāj Maḥmūd Dhū al-Fiqār

Please do not watch this movie if you do not have to... Simply terrible, and I do
not consider myself a harsh critic. It has the ridiculous script of a 70's American
movie that so bad it couldn't be accepted by an American audience or producers, so
it was just translated into Arabic and pawned off to an Arab audience. To me it
seemed culturally insensitive at worst, without culture at all at best, and the only
thing "Arabic" about it was the language.

Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer

Me & Isaac Newton

[Longhorn Review] Me & Isaac Newton

Material Type: All, movies — Tags: Gertrude Elion — Posted on February 16, 2010, 3:19 pm

By: Paul G. Allen

Good interviews if you are doing research about any of these scientists or their
fields.

Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer