Movie Poster of the Week: “Those Wonderful Movie Cranks” and the Posters of Andrzej Krajewski
Adrian CurryThe posters of a Polish artist who married Pop and Deco to striking effect.
Criticism
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The Forgotten: Meat is Murder
David CairnsIn a (dis)United Kingdom overwhelmed by greed, a cannibal restaurant becomes the latest craze in Eat the Rich (1987).
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Jean-Pierre Melville's Final Film
Daniel KasmanJean-Pierre Melville’s last film, Un flic, is also a final film, one which travels to cinema’s edge and faces a void.
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Doctor Destouches, Léos Carax, and the "Emotive Account"
retinalechoesA look at Léos Carax’s The Lovers on the Bridge and the poetics it shares with the literature of Louis-Ferdinand Céline.
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Movie Poster of the Week: “The Virtue King” and the Posters of Gustav Mezey
Adrian CurryA stunning 9’ poster for a French farce and the work of a distinctive mid-century designer.
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The Forgotten: Tarzan Versus IBM
David CairnsIn the late Jesús Franco’s spy caper Cartes sur table, Eddie Constantine battles brainwashing master-criminals in Alicante.
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The Hollow Ones: Scott Stark’s "The Realist"
Michael SicinskiDefinitely dead, plastic window mannequins vibrate and tremble with primitive animation in Stark’s new animatronic melodrama.
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Dear Roger
Ignatiy VishnevetskyA letter to a friend.
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The Forgotten: Rome Wasn't Burned in a Day
David CairnsNero fiddles while Rome burns in Nero: or, The Fall of Rome, a mini-epic from 1909.
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Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives"
NotebookFrom the folks that brought you Drive.
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Three Takes #3: Joseph H. Lewis' "My Name Is Julia Ross"
Joseph Jon LanthierIn this week’s column dedicated to short-form criticism, three writers tackle a baroque, Gothic melodrama.
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Video of the day. Woody Allen Stammering for 45 Minutes
NotebookSome folks at Huffington Post put a lot of time into assembling a 44 minute video of every single Woody Allen stammer. Enjoy?