Misc

A Look Back at Our AotYs and MotYs: 1963-2012

by Greg W. Locke January 2, 2013

To follow up the big year-end bash we had a couple of weeks ago, we have compiled a list of our Albums of the Year and Movies of the Year for the past 50 years, making for a list of 100 essential works we hope you’ve seen/heard. And, if you haven’t seen/heard them all, we, [...]

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ScreenTime No. 167 :: 2012′s Forgotten Films

by Greg W. Locke December 12, 2012

As the movie year heats up with with the release of many of the most anticipated awards season films, we thought we’d take a week to plug a few of the lesser known movies from 2012. You’ll find 10 of those picks below. Be sure to check back next week for our annual year-end list [...]

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Fifteen Little-Known Facts About Director Terrence Malick

by Greg W. Locke August 11, 2012

While putting together a recent story about Terrence Malick, we discovered quite a few little-known facts about the man, the myth, the legend behind such classics as Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World and The Tree of Life. Add those new facts to the ones we already knew and, BOOM, [...]

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Director Samuel Fuller’s 10 Favorite Films

by Greg W. Locke July 20, 2012

American auteur Samuel Fuller (1912-97), known mostly for the films The Big Red One, Shock Corridor, The Naked Kiss and Pickup on South Street, was one of the great American Renaissance Men of his time. After spending years as a World War II infantryman, Fuller went on to be a pulp novelist, a screenwriter, a [...]

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ScreenTime No. 146 :: Criterion’s Finer Plugs

by Greg W. Locke July 19, 2012

In last week’s ScreenTime column I teased the future, promising to write about Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, out everywhere this weekend. I had planned to talk about the incredible cast; how I consider The Dark Knight to be one of the only recent films I’d call an all-time [...]

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Our Favorite Films + Albums + Television Shows From the First Half of 2012

by Greg W. Locke July 13, 2012

So here’s the thing: for the first time since I got my first job in 1996, I’ve hardly been able to keep up with the albums and films that interest me. Not because I no longer care, but because: (1) Due to technological advancements such as HD video and home recordings, there’s more of everything [...]

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Ze Catalist’s Spring TV Schedule

by Greg W. Locke March 26, 2012

More so than ever before – far more so than ever before – the ZeCat staff has been watching a lot of TV. Almost too much to keep track of. Some good, some not so good. Most forgettable. We watch it all – reality TV, sports, sit coms, drama, horror, etc. No apologies, for now. [...]

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The Best Working Screen Actors of 2012

by Greg W. Locke February 24, 2012

If you read the ScreenTime column with any regularity then you already know we have a penchant for the fine art of list-making. We find it to be the fastest and clearest way to share a huge amount of information in a small space. Last year we offered up a lengthy list of our all-time [...]

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ZeCat’s Top 20 Favorite Films of All-Time

by Greg W. Locke December 31, 2011

About a week ago I did a little write-up about the Top 5+ albums of my lifetime. It was a tough list to commit to, but now I feel the need to do a similar film list. But, instead of five, I’ll be doing my Favorite 20 Films Ever. In order, top to bottom, printable [...]

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