The Good Mother
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 »
Double Indemnity
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 »
The Naked Spur
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 »
Goodbye 2020
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 »
The Master
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 »
Pure Luck
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 »
Scorpio Rising
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 »
The Train
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 »
Bedazzled
Growing up I saw Harold Ramis’ remake before I saw Peter Cook’s original film Bedazzled (1967) directed by Stanley Donen. On second thought, the term “remake” doesn’t quite suit Ramis’… Read more »
The Christmas Tree
This piece was written in answer to a challenge issued by Roxy at Viva Video : The Last Picture Store to write seriously about the themes in The Christmas Tree… Read more »
