Szegénylegények
Miklós Jancsó’s Szegénylegények (1966) is one of those films that makes up the upper echelon of cinematic achievement. It’s been praised as a “classic” a “must-see” and has been a… Read more »
Miklós Jancsó’s Szegénylegények (1966) is one of those films that makes up the upper echelon of cinematic achievement. It’s been praised as a “classic” a “must-see” and has been a… Read more »
Sometimes I am surprised by which films my students seem to love. I’ve learned that if a film contains a certain degree of exuberance, that exuberance tends to lend itself… Read more »
A hell of a lot of pot was being smoked while we were making the film. It was great. That helped make it a lot of fun. – Ringo Starr… Read more »
No matter how proven Samuel Beckett may be in the arena of the theater, his single attempt at filmmaking remains somewhat stunted by the medium of film itself. To recreate… Read more »
Kenneth Anger’s intentions in film were not concerned with narrative or reflective technique. Kenneth Anger saw filmmaking as the manipulation of light, Lucifer’s source of power, and believed that the… Read more »
Because The Train is being made available again, but in a new 4K scan from Kino-Lorber, I thought I’d brush off this piece from 2012. In 1963 John Frankenheimer took… Read more »
I really like Jerry Lewis movies. A Friend of mine always made fun of me for it. He’d say I was the “only American who loved those films”. The first… Read more »
John Cassavetes is a filmmaker noted for his films with naturalistic acting, kinetic camera movements, and an emphasis on behaviorism over narrative motivation, and for being one of the first… Read more »
Yasuzo Masumura was the preeminent commentator on Japanese society in the post-war period. His style was diverse; ranging from the melodramatic Manji (1964) to the erotic Blind Beast (1969). All… Read more »
In 1962, film journalist turned filmmaker, Eric Rohmer, completed his second film inspired by F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise (1927), Suzanne’s Career. Produced by Barbet Schroeder (already an established cinematic force in France), Suzanne’s Career… Read more »