Category: Movies at Home

Five Memorable Movie Kisses

Jeff Mitchell

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Here’s to all the couples out there who have found love and are celebrating it…today and all year ‘round. Around here at ArtHouseFilmWire, we like to revel in movies every day. Since it’s February 14, let’s look at Five Memorable Movie Kisses, and note, not all of these kisses are romantic. 1. “No one’s asking you to.” – Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995) When Francesca’s family is away at a fair for four days, this Iowa housewife meets photographer Robert Kincaid (Clint…

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘Cronos’

Jeff Mitchell

“Cronos” (1993) – When you think of Dracula, what is the first image to appear in your head?  Bela Lugosi, perhaps? Bela sports a black cape and exposes his fangs in “Dracula” (1931), and not unlike that image, vampires have their own traditions: sunlight is deadly; mirrors don’t cast reflections; coffins are vestibules for sleep, and so on. Guillermo del Toro’s film comes with some of these traditions, but without question, it’s a most unique vampire movie. In present-day Mexico, Jesus (Federico Luppi), a gentle grandfather, runs an antique gift…

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘We Are What We Are’

Jeff Mitchell

“We Are What We Are” (2013) –In a small Delaware County community, cloudy is the prevailing weather pattern, but inside the Parker house, creepy is the dominant mood. Widower Frank Parker (Bill Sage) mourns his late wife while trying to raise his three kids with a strict hand.  Supporting an Orson Wells-like beard, he gives threatening looks to the children, and they reluctantly fall in line. There’s a big secret which no one in the family shares with the movie audience right away, but once we find out, we wish…