Scenic Route – BOARDWALK EMPIRE, “All In”
Boardwalk Empire is the odd man out of the classic HBO drama. It was never…
Glory of the 80s (the Films of Kathryn Bigelow): POINT BREAK (1991)
A Disquisition Concerning the Elements and Qualities of Point-Break, with Regard to Its Æsthetick and…
Scenic Route: the Title Sequences of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
David Cronenberg remarked that title sequences in movies were like “vestibules,” transitional spaces between the…
Scenic Route: 32 SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD (Year of the Month)
Most of the 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould work, and live up to the…
THE SHIELD, Scenic Route #2: Ronnie in Sixty Seconds
SPOILERS THROUGH SEASON SIX’S “THE MATH OF THE WRATH” At the end of this episode, we have…
Scenic Route: THE SHIELD and THE SOPRANOS
Since I’m going to spend a great deal of this post ripping into David Chase,…
Scenic Route: THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007)
There Will Be Blood, which has been getting some good notices lately, portrays a historical transformation…
Scenic Route: MIRACLE MILE (1989)
A scene or sequence of which I never tire could be called the Expanding Chaos…
Scenic Route: SEVEN (1995)
Film is mercilessly visual. Its closeups, the clarity of the image (which only gets clearer…
Scenic Route: SMILEY’S PEOPLE (1982)
In thrillers, exposition is a necessary challenge; even the tightest of them (Escape from New…