Wonder Woman 1984
I can’t see why Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) is getting such a negative reaction. Patty Jenkins has really out done the first film in the franchise. Jenkins’ latest installment joins… Read more »
I can’t see why Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) is getting such a negative reaction. Patty Jenkins has really out done the first film in the franchise. Jenkins’ latest installment joins… Read more »
The influence of Protestantism and the Aufklärung cannot, as so often is the case, be neglected in the analysis of German, Hungarian, Austrian, Dutch, Latvian, Polish, Lithuanian, and Swedish cinemas…. Read more »
Directed by Leonard Nimoy (after his success directing two installments of the Star Trek film franchise at Paramount) The Good Mother (1988) focuses on Anna Dunlap (Diane Keaton), a single… Read more »
A masterpiece in film is both a document of a culture unique to the time of its conception as well as a technical feat that provides continuing instruction and inspiration… Read more »
This short piece about Janet Leigh was originally written and published in 2010. Let’s talk about Janet Leigh’s character Lina in Anthony Mann’s film The Naked Spur (1953). Though her social… Read more »
Every blogger has been editorializing on the subject of this year 2020. It has been, at best, a hard year. But instead of focusing on all of the negative aspects… Read more »
Compared with the cartoonish antics of Wes Anderson or the “realist” fantasies of Christopher Nolan, P.T. Anderson’s films, particularly those he has made in this century, exhibit an understanding of… Read more »
I’m not at all familiar with the films of Nadia Tass, but I am a huge fan of Danny Glover which is what drew me to Pure Luck (1991). Apparently… Read more »
Kenneth Anger’s intentions in film were not concerned with narrative or reflective technique. Kenneth Anger saw filmmaking as the manipulation of light, Lucifer’s source of power, and believed that the… Read more »
Because The Train is being made available again, but in a new 4K scan from Kino-Lorber, I thought I’d brush off this piece from 2012. In 1963 John Frankenheimer took… Read more »