Portrait Of Jason
People talk about Rio Bravo (1959) being one of the great “hang out” movies of all time, but, for me, Portrait Of Jason (1967) totally eclipses Rio Bravo in that… Read more »
Tag: documentary
General Idi Amin Dada
Of the four films I have seen by Barbet Schroeder, General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974) is certainly the most interesting and memorable. The three other films by… Read more »
She Said Boom
fifth column: a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.(dictionary definition) Dick Hebdige marks the beginning of “punk”… Read more »
Gates Of Heaven
Taking a close look at society and the lives contained within it, one often finds that our reality, in all of its absurdity, reads more like fiction than fact. This… Read more »
The Clowns
“The clown was always the caricature of a well-established, ordered, peaceful society. But today all is temporary, disordered, and grotesque. Who can still laugh at clowns? Hippies, politicians, the man… Read more »
Waco: The Rules Of Engagement
Over the summer I finally caught up with John and Drew Dowdle’s Waco (2018) and two things were immediately clear to me before the first episode was over. Firstly, the… 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 »
The Sixth Side Of The Pentagon
Chris Marker’s The Sixth Side Of The Pentagon (1968) captures the fervor of the Yippies’ protest of the Vietnam war at the Pentagon on October 7th, 1967. This non-violent protest… Read more »
The Weather Underground
Sam Green and Bill Siegel’s The Weather Underground (2002) represents something unique in almost all American political documentaries, the convincing illusion of objectivity. Part of this may be accounted for by… Read more »
Let The Fire Burn
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 »
