Directed by Sofia Coppola

A Retrospective of the Films of Sofia Coppola

Thursday Movie Picks: Movies Narrated by Narrators That Do Not Appear on Screen

Now, this is a good one. It's so good, in fact, that I literally overloaded, shut down, and ultimately went with the three of the first four that came to me (and the fourth is here as a bonus). I love so many movies that use this technique, but I just couldn't find them. This is a trio of movies taken to greatness by the voice of an unseen omniscient narrator, three films that hinge on it for humor, for nostalgia, for exposition, for how imagined histories shape the best narratives. Plus, that bonus...

Thursday Movie Picks: Movies Set in a High School

Another Thursday is upon us and another week of Wandering through the Shelves' Thursday Movie Picks.

This week, I'm going over to the dark side. I feel as if I've beaten the fun, teen movies to death. This time and with this category, I am doing the dark, brooding, even violent type. One angsty period piece, one political satire, one twisted mind-fuck, plus a bonus pick, a serious, hard-hitting, quiet masterpiece. None take place completely in a school building. But all of them feature brilliant scenes within high school gyms and auditoriums and hallways and classrooms, etc.

This post is meant to serve as a reminder that not all Movies Set in High Schools are about the fun, popular, pretty people, or even the nerd getting the girl. Sometimes they're about the opposite of all that.