Before BIRDMAN: Films about Actors – Part 3: PERSONA
In Persona, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1966, a sharp rebuke is offered…
Soundtracking #7: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (1972)
The occasional podcast on music in movies. Intro music: “Coffee Shop” by Elliot Goldenthal from…
But It Did Happen: The Short Works of Paul Thomas Anderson
(This is a review of the Paul Thomas Anderson shorts that are or were available for…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: THE KILLING (1956)
Gerald Fried’s score comes stomping in, the credits appear in simple block capitals over an…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: Stanley Kubrick, photographer
When he was 17 years old, Stanley Kubrick joined the staff of Look magazine as…
The Scorsese Experience: The Last Temptation of Christ, Part Two
It’s easy to get wrapped up in the theological side of The Last…
Before BIRDMAN: Films about Actors – Part 2: OPENING NIGHT
It is hardly surprising that, given John Cassavetes’s acting and directing philosophy that went sharply…
The Scorsese Experience: The Last Temptation of Christ, Part One
My image of God needs breaking from time to time. He breaks it Himself. He…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: Three documentaries
Watching Stanley Kubrick’s documentaries, three short works from 1951 and 1953, you only see a…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: KILLER’S KISS (1955)
In the two years between Fear and Desire and Killer’s Kiss, Stanley Kubrick learned how…