@Darrell_Clem

Retired journalist / music addict / film buff (TCM fan) / road trips / foodie / college hoops (Kentucky) / Detroit sports / search of the perfect burger 🏳️‍🌈

 metro Detroit
Joined January 2013
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Rewatch: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) Spoilers: This film’s ending is still shocking and troubling, no matter how many times I see it. A black man is the lone survivor of a horrific night of attack zombies only to be shot dead by a white posse. #FilmTwitter #horror 1/3
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The film followed the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. (same year) and Malcolm X (1965) and came during a time of civil unrest. As a horror film, its low-budget black-and-white filming made the zombie assault even scarier against a group of people trapped in a … 2/3
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… rural farmhouse. Director George Romero’s casting of Duane Jones as a strong black leader was genius, given the social unrest and turbulent times. Zombie films come and go, but this is my number 1 and has been the topic of long discussions among friends. 3/3
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As seen outside an East Lansing restaurant/bar. I’m easily amused.
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First watch: MALCOLM X (1992) It's clear from the opening credits this will be an incendiary, profound film: An American flag gradually burns into the image of a big "X" and footage of Rodney King's beating by L.A. police is shown. Spike Lee takes viewers on... #FilmTwitter 1/4
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... where he softened his racial-separatist stance. Spike Lee's sprawling epic shows chilling scenes of the KKK burning Malcolm's childhood house and his father being subsequently killed. It charts his rise to national prominence and, ultimately, his assassination by ... 3/4
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... political opponents. Spike Lee made a film with precise period detail and superb cinematography, with some black-and-white documentary-style scenes. The cast (including Angela Bassett as Malcolm's wife) is uniformly good under Lee's direction. Glad to *finally* see it.
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Absolutely loved Fixins Soul Kitchen in Detroit’s Harmonie Park. Didn’t take pictures of food, but the red beans and rice, mac and cheese, cole slaw and candied yams were sooo delicious. Others in our party loved the catfish, collard greens, black-eyed peas and burgers. Big 👍
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When you’re at a dive bar in Detroit and this track comes on their playlist. Yes! #ThursdayVibes #NowPlaying It's Obvious - Au Pairs youtu.be/c4u6UymEju0?si=3qYb… via @YouTube

Au Pairs - It's Obvious

Au Pairs: Playing With A Different Sex (1981).

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And now Money by Flying Lizards? We may never leave!
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First watch: MRS. PARKINGTON (1944) Greer Garson stars as the aging family matriarch in this rags-to-riches soaper, told in flashbacks, that explores heir-apparent greed, family scandal, marital dysfunction (and resilience) and revenge capitalism. Garson is ... #FilmTwitter 1/3
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... fine, but Walter Pidgeon was rather wooden and, I thought, unlikeable as her predictable savior in time of crisis. Agnes Moorehead, as a French aristocrat and Pidgeon's former love interest, shines in her supporting role and, like Greer, received an Oscar nomination. 2/3
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I think the passing of time has made this film less compelling than perhaps it was at the time of its release. It seemed a bit contrived and patronizing. It's passable and worth one watch -- this adaptation of a Louis Bromfield novel-- but I suspect long-term it is forgettable.
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Daytrippin’ to a not-too-distant town with the other half and a self-made Talking Heads compilation that starts here: Crosseyed and Painless (2005 Remaster) youtu.be/z92avHmgDRA?si=AGRW… via @YouTube

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Rewatch: HOUSE OF WAX (1953) Sure is a lovely museum. The exhibits look so real. Sure is hot in here, though. Bad jokes aside, this Andre de Toth old-school #horror film starring Vincent Price is always a #Halloween season treat. #FilmTwitter #thriller #mystery
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First watch: ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) What a wild ride, so riveting start to finish that I place it among director Billy Wilder's top-tier films. Kirk Douglas, as Chuck Tatum, is in top form as a cynical, disgraced newspaper reporter trying to revive his career #FilmTwitter 1/4
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...is brought to the scene to capitalize on the trapped man's ordeal, made more tragic by an uncaring wife he loves, but who couldn't care less if he lives or dies. It does seem unlikely that Tatum could manage to become the star reporter while convincing locals to help.. 3/4
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... keep other media at arm's length. Still, this is a gripping tale that has aged very well, with an ending I won't divulge. It was Wilder's next film after SUNSET BOULEVARD, so clearly he was on fire as a director. He also co-wrote and produced it. I highly recommend it. 4/4
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