On Location: Monk’s Café
This was almost a religious experience for me. Wandering down Broadway we came across West 112th St, and there was the restaurant I’d seen on television so many times before – Monk’s Café, from one of my favourite shows of all time, the one and only Seinfeld. In real life it’s Tom’s Restaurant, however, and […]
On Location: The Bramford
On the corner of 72nd St and Central Park West sits a very imposing looking building called The Dakota, or as it’s called in Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby (1968), The Bramford. The Bramford is home to Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse, and their strange neighbours Roman and Minnie Castevet. I was pretty psyched to get to […]
On Location: The Royal Tenenbaums house
The first of my New York City travel posts is conveniently of the film location closest to where I’m staying. On the corner of 144th St and Convent Avenue in the Hamilton Heights area is the residence used for the exteriors of the house in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), directed by Wes Anderson. With its […]
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): “My world is fire and blood.”
The fourth in the Mad Max franchise, which began with the classic Mad Max in 1979, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) is directed by the one and only George Miller and is an immediately iconic action film. Its synopsis is as follows: An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark […]
2015 In Review…
Goodbye 2015, hello and welcome to the brand new year of 2016! I hope everyone had a really wonderful New Year’s Eve. I spent my New Year’s by accidentally falling asleep quite early and then waking up at 12:02am, and completely missing the countdown. To be fair, I had a big day at work on […]
As Above, So Below (2014): Quick-shot review!
Set in the creepy catacombs of Paris and shot on location inside their seemingly endless depths, As Above, So Below (2014) is yet another found footage horror film, except it isn’t as lame as other offerings available. We follow adventurous scholar Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks) and her team of intrepid explorers, including reluctant ex-lover George […]
Film Grimoire is London-bound!
Hi all, just a quick note (as previously detailed not so long ago in my blogiversary post) that I’m heading off to London tonight! I’m really super excited and ready to fly away (for a total of approximately 21 hours in the air), but I haven’t exactly finished packing, which is a bit of a […]
Two year blogiversary!
Today marks a very special day for me – it’s Film Grimoire’s two year blogiversary! It feels like it was only yesterday that I decided to make a film blog to exorcise my demonic opinions on film (and occasionally television), and I’m really happy I did. Thank you everyone for being lovely and for reading […]
Search & Rescue #8
I’ve been collecting more search terms recently that seem to beg for answers, so here is another in my Search & Rescue series, where I assist seekers of erudite knowledge on their quest for awareness and self-enlightenment. the building hakeem and semi lived in on coming to america I actually visited Akeem and Semi’s house […]
Rosemary’s Baby (2014): Was this really necessary?
It’s not a secret that I have a little obsession with Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby (1968). I’ve written a review on it, plus a post on the visuals and cinematography, and Rosemary herself proudly appears at the top of my website. I even found two locations from the film when I visited New York City […]
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