Scenic Route: CHASING AMY (1997)
Kevin Smith has been defined for so long by his inability to give a shit…
The Year in Review: Revisiting the Late 60s
If, as I wrote in last year’s review, that the early 60s were in vogue…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: JERSEY GIRL
Who Shot It: Vilmos Zsigmond. In the 1970s, there was a group of cinematographers who…
Soundtracking #15: Voices of Light/THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928)
The occasional podcast on music and movies. Intro music: “Coffee Shop” by Elliot Goldenthal from…
Celebrating the Living: Nichelle Nichols
“There’s a black lady on television, and she ain’t no maid!” —Whoopi Goldberg, circa 1966…
A Solute Record Club Off-Shoot: The Commercials of Jonathan Glazer
Jonathan Glazer (director of Under the Skin, Birth, and Sexy Beast, plus most likely at least one of…
New Modes for Old Truths: Reflections on MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006)
. . .measuring our exacting times with the few exact terms, holding fast to many…
Celebrating the Living: Tommy Kirk
Really, part of why I started doing this series was that Kevin Corcoran died. Not…
American Underworld – Part 3: The World Moves On
Sometime between 1932, with the release of Scarface, and 1939, with the release of The Roaring Twenties,…
The Advertising Work of Emmanuel Lubezki
Since commercials aren’t followed by credits, the craftsmen behind these commercials are often ignored, unless…