Where’d You Go, Bernadette
I find Richard Linklater’s films to be pretty hit or miss. I really cherish The “Before” Trilogy and have appreciated Dazed And Confused (1993), The Newton Boys (1998), and Bernie… Read more »
Even Dwarfs Started Small
From The Unholy Three to The Terror Of Tiny Town and beyond, “little people” have always had a place in the cinema. Perhaps the most unusual of films to predominantly feature “little… Read more »
Conversation Piece
Born to the Italian nobility in 1906, Visconti would be given the highest form of education as well as a wealth of experiences before directing his first feature Obsession in 1943. … Read more »
A Girl Is A Gun
“In art there is only artifice“-Luc Moullet When one thinks of the American West one may recall the vistas of John Ford, prints by Mort Künstler, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood,… Read more »
Supply & Demand
It’s indisputable that the primary motivation of any financial endeavor in our capitalist society is profit, and such is the case with Hollywood. Films of a certain cost are designed… Read more »
Industrial Symphony No. 1
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream Of The Broken Hearted was only performed twice at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music as part of the New Music America Festival in late 1989. For… Read more »
A High Wind In Jamaica
One doesn’t expect very much of an adventure drama marketed to children and starring Anthony Quinn that was released in 1965. Though A High Wind In Jamaica is all of these things,… Read more »
Doctor Strange
The world of Doctor Strange is one that I know and love. Rintrah is by far one of my favorite supporting characters in all of comic books. I have two copies… Read more »
Let It Be
Many times I’ve been alone, and many times I’ve cried. Anyway you’ll never know the many ways I’ve tried. And still they lead me back to the long winding road… … Read more »
Une Visite au Louvre
During the last few weeks I have begun again a survey of the cinema focused upon the “alternative” of cinematic expression. I must confess that I do not feel intellectually equipped… Read more »
