It was a marriage made in single-screen heaven, the night Peter Bogdanovich made the acquaintance of Roger Corman in a Los Angeles movie theater. Bogdanovich was quick to pick the low-budget producer-director out of the ...
by Scott MarksIt has been a year since Erich von Stroheim’s Greed entered the public domain and still the Gods of Cinema remain sound asleep at the switch. More than two-thirds of the legendary 9+ hour epic ...
by Scott MarksMy first entry for 2022 was originally intended for another trio of last year’s leftovers. But my steed blew a flat before making it to the finish line of The Green Knight. One can only ...
by Scott MarksDigital documentary by The Hennegan Brothers (as they bill themselves, like a trapeze act) about the run-up to, and the actual running of, the 132nd Kentucky Derby. Their focus falls primarily on the trainers, although, a bit blindered, not on ...
by Duncan ShepherdPedro Almodóvar's paean to womanhood, in particular motherhood and actresshood, is dedicated to three of the kind: Bette Davis, specifically for All about Eve; Gena Rowlands, for Opening Night; and Romy Schneider, for The Important Thing Is to Love. The ...
by Duncan ShepherdWitchcraft in 17th-century Denmark, with something for almost everyone, the moralist, the feminist, the occultist, the cinephile -- especially him. It's not at all for the dogmatist, of whatever persuasion. Carl Dreyer starts out leading your sympathies where they will ...
by Duncan ShepherdWhat happens when Falun Gong, a life-energy practice that advocates...
Leave it to Pedro Almodóvar to slap a fresh coat of Technicolor ena...
Jackson (Clifton Collins Jr.) has broken his back so many times the...
A woman’s picture that doesn’t adhere to a “chick flick” formula or...
My appreciation of the films of Wes Anderson began curdling halfway...
Whither were thee in ‘73? Watching American Graffiti. It's no coinc...
A technologically feasible portrait of conductor-free commuter trai...
A purebred underdog with a dream rises from supermarket stock boy t...
Potential sponsors looked upon Richard Williams (Will Smith) as jus...
I entered this spy franchise prequel cold after having called in si...
Why? Steven Spielberg can make any movie he wants. Why trace a lege...
A standing joke/disclaimer: I probably would have liked Shakespeare...
It was a marriage made in single-screen heaven, the night Peter Bogdanovich made the acquaintance of Roger Corman in a Los Angeles movie theater. Bogdanovich was quick to pick the low-budget producer-director out of the ...
It has been a year since Erich von Stroheim’s Greed entered the public domain and still the Gods of Cinema remain sound asleep at the switch. More than two-thirds of the legendary 9+ hour epic ...
My first entry for 2022 was originally intended for another trio of last year’s leftovers. But my steed blew a flat before making it to the finish line of The Green Knight. One can only ...
Digital documentary by The Hennegan Brothers (as they bill themselves, like a trapeze act) about the run-up to, and the actual running of, the 132nd Kentucky Derby. Their focus falls primarily on the trainers, although, a bit blindered, not on ...
by Duncan ShepherdIt’s not often a director remakes their own film, and even rarer for a feature to be reimagined in short form. Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and The Human Voice both share as their source ...
by Scott MarksWilliam Goldman's concept of a mystery story is one in which the audience hasn't the foggiest notion what's going on. The eventual elucidation doesn't really put everything in place, but simply throws a blanket of approval over the many senseless ...
by Duncan ShepherdThis sequel advances into territory already occupied and overpopulated: the post-Vietnam War MIA rescue operation. (The director of the earlier film, Ted Kotcheff, got into that territory first, with Uncommon Valor.) Still, there is plenty of lively action, helped along ...
by Duncan Shepherd