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Spectre
I’ll admit it, I enjoy the James Bond films. It’s a guilty pleasure, and I would not defend them if anyone said they are bad, I know that. But I… Read more »
I’ll admit it, I enjoy the James Bond films. It’s a guilty pleasure, and I would not defend them if anyone said they are bad, I know that. But I… Read more »
“Woman’s awareness of herself is not defined exclusively by her sexuality: it reflects a situation that depends upon the economic organization of society, which in turn indicates what stage of… Read more »
This evening I watched Hartley’s 2001 offering No Such Thing. Unlike Hartley’s most popular films, which deal with relationships and quirky characters, this film was much more overtly philosophical and… Read more »
Jason Osder’s Let The Fire Burn (2013) is undermined by the subtextual void created by Osder’s lack of commitment to explaining to his audience the very nature of MOVE, the supposed… Read more »
Film Noir is a term created by critics to designate a particular kind of film made in Hollywood after WWII. Film Noir refers to crime films or thrillers that utilize… Read more »
Wim Wenders is a filmmaker who has made some of the best films about the art of filmmaking. I’m speaking of Room 666, Tokyo-Ga, and Lightning Over Water. The first… Read more »
Roughly a month ago it was my good fortune to inherit a collection of about 120 books on the subject of Hollywood during its Golden Age between 1915 and 1960…. Read more »
Produced between 1979 and 1980, Berlin Alexanderplatz is Fassbinder’s masterpiece, and an epic in scope beyond the work of any other film in his prolific career. Shot by Xavier Schwarzenberger… Read more »
Last Friday I had tea with my buddy Neal to discuss programming a series of Czech New Wave films. Chatting away, two content cinephiles, the subject of Frank Perry came… Read more »
“This repression of the ‘non-serious’ aspects of pleasure, of a discourse of fun, is not, of course, a total exclusion. Notions of distraction, diversion, and entertainment have appeared with regularity… Read more »