Jojo Rabbit
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 »
Ishaghpour & Godard
“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 »
After Death
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, Tonya
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 »
La Bête
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 »
Rock Hudson’s Home Movies
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 »
Four Films About Cassavetes
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 »
I, Fatty
There is no shortage of biographies and memoirs of the men and women who have shaped the cinema. Ray Carney’s work on John Cassavetes is exhaustive and all encompassing, Richard… Read more »
In A Year With 13 Moons
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s In A Year With 13 Moons (1978) tells the story Elvira (Volker Spengler), a trans woman in love with a man who “can never love anyone”, Anton… Read more »
Sister Act
When The Walt Disney Company released Sister Act (1992) through Touchstone Pictures they sold the film as a family comedy and targeted parents with children between the ages of 8… Read more »
