20th CENTURY WOMEN: Life after Watergate
It might be easy to think of 20th Century Women, written and directed by Mike…
Reading Against the Grain – Part 5: HUSBANDS AND WIVES
When you think of a major influence on Woody Allen, the easy answer is Ingmar…
The Year in Review: Revisiting the Late 60s
If, as I wrote in last year’s review, that the early 60s were in vogue…
A Woman Over the Influence: QUEEN OF EARTH
There’s a scene in Love Streams (1984), written and directed by John Cassavetes, where someone…
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…
“Hear Me Roar” – Part 7: 3 WOMEN
What is noticeable about the women-centered films that have been discussed in this series is…
“Hear Me Roar” – Part 4: A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
It seems hardly a coincidence that the looser construction of film narratives in the 70s…
What Was Mumblecore? Part 2: THE COLOR WHEEL
With the attention that Listen Up Philip has been receiving (review forthcoming), it’s good to…
What Was Mumblecore? Part 1: FUNNY HA HA
Mumblecore. The term for me has a mixed connotation. It has overtones of “hardcore”—pushing the…
Re-viewing 1980s U.S. Films – Part 4: Prizzi’s Honor
The Godfather I (1972) and II (1974) served as a prelude to a string of…