Buffalo Bill & The Indians
The cinema of Robert Altman is unique in the history of American filmmaking. More than any other director, Robert Altman has been able to apply his style to every genre… Read more »
The cinema of Robert Altman is unique in the history of American filmmaking. More than any other director, Robert Altman has been able to apply his style to every genre… Read more »
Warner Archives has brought out, and continues to bring out, what seems like a limitless supply of classic Hollywood fare. Most of these films will probably never be popular enough… Read more »
I went into Saturn 3 (1980) as a fan of Martin Amis’ work, particularly The Pregnant Widow, only to discover later that a majority of the final script had been… Read more »
After being really impressed with Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979) I thought I’d watch his most infamous film, The Beastmaster (1982). The Beastmaster is one of those “sword and sorcery” films,… Read more »
Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo, directed by Ulli Edel, was released in 1981; a year before Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s death, the point in time which critics seem… Read more »
In 1953, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin adopted the Neo-Realist technique almost verbatim to create a film about American youth; Little Fugitive. Like Rossellini and the Neo-Realists, Orkin and Engel’s film… Read more »
Back in the day, Clifford (1994) was one of the films I rented most often from Pathmark (back when grocery stores rented VHS tapes). It’s always been a favorite film… Read more »
Yasuzo Masumura was the preeminent commentator on Japanese society in the post-war period. His style was diverse; ranging from the melodramatic Manji (1964) to the erotic Blind Beast (1969). All… Read more »
“The clown was always the caricature of a well-established, ordered, peaceful society. But today all is temporary, disordered, and grotesque. Who can still laugh at clowns? Hippies, politicians, the man… Read more »
In 1962, film journalist turned filmmaker, Eric Rohmer, completed his second film inspired by F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise (1927), Suzanne’s Career. Produced by Barbet Schroeder (already an established cinematic force in France), Suzanne’s Career… Read more »