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The Rain People
In the late sixties and early seventies “road movies” became a popular narrative form with the success of Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider (1969). On an international scale, filmmakers embraced the… Read more »
In the late sixties and early seventies “road movies” became a popular narrative form with the success of Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider (1969). On an international scale, filmmakers embraced the… Read more »
I have often heard it said that violence is the product of fear derived from the lack of understanding. In the case of Justin Kurzel’s film Snowtown (2011), the violence… Read more »
I don’t think that The New Mutants (2020) would be as much fun without the stellar performances of the films leads, nor do I think that New Mutants would exist… Read more »
Why was Scarlett Johansson the only actor with a competent German accent? And am I the only one who was struck by Roman Griffin Davis’ resemblance to David Bennent? I… Read more »
“Looking at Histoire(s) du cinéma, the first chapter especially, I got the impression there had been three major events in the twentieth century: the Russian revolution, Nazism, and cinema, particularly… Read more »
At the same time that D.W. Griffith was making The Escape (1914) and Home, Sweet Home (1914) in America and Louis Feuillade was making Les Vampires (1915-16) in France, Evgeni… Read more »
I happen to agree with a number of critics that Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya (2017) owes a remarkable amount to Martin Scorsese’s film Goodfellas (1990). I, Tonya is, in many… Read more »
This piece originally appeared on a different blog in 2015. At the time the Film Society Of Lincoln Center was hosting a retrospective of Borowczyk’s work. Between April 2nd and… Read more »
After a pleasant weekend at the Philadelphia Comic-Con, for whatever reason, my mind wandered to Mark Rappaport’s film Impostors (1979). It was refreshing and encouraging to remember a film which… Read more »
You think I want to be popular? You think I want them out on video? I want millions of people to see my movies? Why would I? – John Cassavetes… Read more »