The Revisionist Western
“I created ‘The Westerner’ because of anger – anger at never-miss sheriffs, always-right marshalls, whitewashed gunfighters … anger at TV’s quick-draw tin gods who stand behind a tin star or… Read more »
J’embrasse pas
J’embrasse pas (1991) is the culmination, in many respects, to a long meditation on the psychological turmoil of youth, a meditation that has undergone a number of revisions from film… Read more »
Kailash
An amazing package was put together by Soul Jazz Records in 2015 for the release of Kailash. The music contained within this set is composed of solo piano versions of music… Read more »
Spotlight
This review was first published during the initial release of this film. Spotlight (2015), despite all of the hype, is not the first film to deal with the sexual abuse… Read more »
The Intruder
Charles Beaumont made a career of writing macabre stories whose slight removal from the reality we know and share gave them a urgency and horror that would influence a generation…. Read more »
Broken English
Zoe Cassavetes’ first feature film, Broken English (2007), is an analysis of what love means to her generation, and the perception of happiness that goes with it. Stylistically, the film… Read more »
The Show Off
In 1947 and 1948 Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer produced two low budget comedy vehicles for contract star Red Skelton. The first of these was The Show Off directed by Harry Beaumont and the… Read more »
Le Samourai
In 1967, Jean-Pierre Melville released his film Le Samourai. It is not a “New Wave” film, it is a classic genre film; it is a meticulous and objective study of behavior,… Read more »
Rancho Notorious
“Cinemascope is not for men, but for snakes and funerals.”-Fritz Lang Rancho Notorious (1952) is not unique in its inversion of the traditional female role in Westerns. Nicholas Ray’s Johnny… Read more »
In The Mood For Love
In The Mood For Love (2001) continues director Wong Kar-wai’s preoccupation with emotions unexpressed and love gone unconsummated. Of all of Wong Kar-wai’s feature films, In The Mood For Love best… Read more »
