The Future of Comic-Book Superhero Movies Is the Past – Part 3: EL TOPO
A recent documentary, Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013), unfolded the fascinating story of the efforts of Alejandro…
Harris Savides Brought Back the Past with Present Tools
Earlier this year, The Narrator wrote a piece about the course of Emmanuel Lubezki’s career.…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: EYES WIDE SHUT (1999)
Mawwiage, that dweam wiffin a dweam. (The Impressive Clergyman, The Princess Bride) Overture Eyes Wide Shut…
Dissolve On (07/25/15 – 07/31/15)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, it’s commenting community had The Solute…
American Underworld – Part I: Original Gangster
W.R. Burnett’s original 1929 novel Little Caesar opens with a quote from Machiavelli. The 1931…
Soundtracking #12: FULL METAL JACKET and the electronic scores of Kubrick’s films
The occasional podcast on music and movies crosses over with the “Continue down your mistaken…
Dissolve On (07/18/15 – 07/24/15)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, it’s commenting community had The Solute…
The Future of Comic-Book Superhero Movies Is the Past – Part 2: ALPHAVILLE
Continuing where we last left off, Jean Luc Godard had a strong influence on William…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: the authors of FULL METAL JACKET
The writing credit on Full Metal Jacket reads “by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav…
American Underworld: An Introduction
For this writer, the undignified afterlife of the American gangster movie has been frustrating to…