Daily Briefing. Hitchcock, Borzage, Ozu, More
David HudsonAlso: The book on Philip Kaufman, the Whitney Biennial, Godard and Brakhage @ MoMA and more.
Frank Borzage
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From the Missing Films of Favorite Auteurs: Frank Borzage's "Big City" (1937)
Daniel KasmanA little seen urban masterpiece from the poet of American romance is finally on DVD.
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Image of the day. Ideal Couples #3
Daniel KasmanGary Cooper and Helen Hayes embrace in one of the great romanticist Frank Borzage’s masterpieces, A Farewell to Arms (1932).
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Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #8: Joan Bennett's Blonde Hair, Pt. 2
Daniel KasmanA scene of erotic reverie in Frank Borzage’s Doctors’ Wives featuring a young, gorgeous Joan Bennett.
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Bright Lights 73
David HudsonYet more terrific summer reading! The new issue of Bright Lights Film Journal is out.
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The Forgotten: The Magnificent Madisons
David CairnsOddly, when Frank Borzage's oeuvre, most of it long unavailable on home video, started to creep out on DVD, much of what appeared was lesser works from late in his career: no Moonrise, but instead China
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Tuesday Foreign Region Blu-ray Disc Report: Frank Borzage in high-definition
Glenn Kenny"Time just gets away from us." Thus, the penultimate line in a great American novel that has recently been transposed to cinema yet again. I cite it as my meager excuse for not being able to offer a
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Images of the Day. Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #3: Joan Bennett's Blonde Hair, Pt. 1
Daniel KasmanIn a moment of beautiful exhaustion, Joan runs her hand through her brilliant, blonde hair in Frank Borzage’s Doctors’ Wives.
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Images of the Day. Borzage Idealism
Daniel KasmanFrom Frank Borzage's Street Angel (1928); featuring Janet Gaynor; cinematography by Ernest Palmer.
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Breadlines and Champagne! "Man's Castle" (Borzage, 1933)
Ryland Walker KnightFilm Forum's Breadlines and Champagne! series started Friday, February 6th, with 35-cents tickets (25-cents for members) for screenings of the Mae West vehicle, I'm No Angel. A funny little thing about
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Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report: "Desire" (Borzage, 1936)
Glenn KennyThis post is for the Self-Styled Siren. Although even the most ardent of auteurists understands that it's finally impossible to pinpoint just which revered collaborator is responsible for just what
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Will Rogers: The Construction of a Sound Persona
Glenn KennyNow he's gonna talk to a cow: Rogers in Doctor Bull, Ford, 1933. We see Will Rogers' inheritors everywhere. Chris Rock has got a bit of Rogers in him. So does Rush Limbaugh. Any comic or putatively