Trying to Catch Up with THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (Year of the Month)
Once Orson Welles arguably topped the world of traditional narrative with the triumph of editing…
Persia on MOBY DICK: Big Novel, Little Movie
There are three questions one must ask in considering any adaptation of Herman Melville’s magnificent…
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The Friday Article Roundup: The Snyder Cut
The FAR jumps on the trend of giving uncompromised control over a feature to a…
CITIZEN KANE: T for Technique and T for Tragedy
Citizen Kane is the greatest movie ever made, but it’s not the greatest movie Orson…
Year of the Month: F for Fake and K for Kane by Sunil Patel
Citizen Kane is not the greatest movie of all time. As we all know, Shoot…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on Touch of Evil
“It’s a free country.” “Shut up.” The opening tracking shot may be its most…
Year of the Month: The Trial
“The Trial is the best film I have ever made.” – Orson Welles That’s a…
Year of the Month: Shakespressionism
There must have been something in the water in 1948. Maybe it was the combination…
The Spiral, Interlude: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION (1984)
In which Avathoir and wallflower take a break from discussing Thomas Pynchon’s writing to talk…
Taco Break: The Preponderance of the “Director’s Cut”
This week, Michael Mann’s Ali is coming out with a third “director’s cut” of the movie,…