Pasolini
Here are those times recreatedby the brutal force of sun-drenched images:the light of live tragedy. -from Pier Paolo Pasolini’s poem Tears Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini (2014) could be about any filmmaker… Read more »
Le Raccourci
Ever since the early 2000s it’s been in vogue, at least on the Internet, to make a mockery of Nicolas Cage. Of course, some of Nicolas Cage’s films have been,… Read more »
Max Mon Amour
Nagisa Oshima has the reputation for being one of the most controversial and cutting edge filmmakers to emerge in Japan during the early sixties. Unlike his contemporaries, Oshima’s films do… Read more »
Red River
I have always found the westerns of Howard Hawks to be sentimental and the westerns of John Ford more nostalgic by comparison. This juxtaposition is only necessary because in my… Read more »
Modern Romance
Albert Brooks’ second feature film Modern Romance (1981) is a satire unlike few others in popular cinema. As the title suggests, Brooks’ has honed his comical eye on the conventions of… Read more »
The Island
Michael Bay has exactly the reputation that he deserves, which is why I have always been so pleasantly surprised by The Island (2005). It’s not that The Island is anything… Read more »
Running Scared
Code Red has done a decent job with restoring Running Scared (1980). The issues I was aware of, in terms of image, have everything to do with the source print… Read more »
The Queen’s Gambit
Anya Taylor-Joy is amazing. For my money she was the perfect Magik in The New Mutants (2020). She’s been equally as good in The Witch (2015) and Emma (2019); but… Read more »
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 »
Lovely To Look At
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 »
