I would like to devote a post to explaining the title change of the site. Previously dubbed "The Red Review," the site is now entitled "Reel to Reel." The new title is based on the mechanics of a film projection system. In a film projector, the reel of film shoots out from the supply reel, passes through the gate where the frames are flashed onto the screen, and then collected once again by the take-up reel. The process is continued until all of the film from the supply reel has been accumulated in the take-up reel. So, technically, a film is viewed during the time it takes for the film to pass from "reel to reel." Pretty enlightening, huh?

     Lastly, as you may have noticed in my first review, I assigned the grade of a "Flat 8" to The Long Goodbye. The grading system I will use to accompany my reviews will be a 1 to 10 scale, with 1 being the most pitiful, meaningless, and putrid piece of filth and 10 being a film that humbles me to the point that I am confounded I ever thought I knew anything about movies (I actually don't). Oh, and for the sake of even further specificity, I will tac on either "light," "flat," or "strong" before the numerical evaluation.

Reviews to come: Fish Tank (2009), Blue Valentine (2010)