The Best Original Songs of 1982, according to the Academy
Apologies for a brief and not very analytical post this month: a few deadlines caught…
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Agents of Chaos: CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Year of the Month)
It usually begins like this: Céline and Julie Go Boating is one of cinema’s greatest…
The best original songs of 1974, according to the Academy
Well, we had a good run (last month). Now it’s back to the millstone of…
CIRCUS (Year of the Month)
One of the things I love best about the first generation of Soviet art is…
The best songs of 1936, according to the Academy
Few Academy Awards categories have as dynamic a history as Best Original Song. The category…
The best original songs of 1954, according to the Academy
This wasn’t supposed to be the first entry. When I started tossing around the idea…
Hell hath no fury: THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Year of the Month)
(NOTE: “The Queen of Spades” is nearly two hundred years old, but if you don’t…
Jarman goes to Taiwan: NOTES OF A CROCODILE (Year of the Month)
Even if this book is neither popular nor serious, at least it’s sensational. Five cents…
Cannes Winners, 2019
By all accounts a run-of-the-mill year for the festival, with a few warmly greeted films…
C.M. Crockford’s ADORE
The first day I started reading my copy of Adore, I accidentally spilled coffee on…