If the nineties were the years which marked the return of Japanese cinema on the international film circuit, introducing and establishing numerous directors working in various genres who, in most
Movies are made up of images, even the bad ones. But the bad movies rarely leave any images lingering in your brain. The great films are the ones making great images. A great image is many things, by
Above: Ninety-seven years after he retired from filmmaking and several decades after his rediscovery by historians, Georges Méliès (left) continues to be a relevant and emblematic figure. James Cameron
With 2009 rounding to a close, it already feels like best-of and top-ten lists have been pouring in for months, and we’re already tired of them: the ranking, the exclusions (and inclusions), the rules
With 2009 rounding to a close, it already feels like best-of and top-ten lists have been pouring in for months, and we’re already tired of them: the ranking, the exclusions (and inclusions), the rules
With 2009 rounding to a close, it already feels like best-of and top-ten lists have been pouring in for months, and we’re already tired of them: the ranking, the exclusions (and inclusions), the rules
Above: Henner Winckler's School Trip. Compiling a top ten European films of the decade is a tricky business—what do we mean by "European", by "film", or even by "decade"? My personal run-down of the
勝手にしやがれ (KATTE NI SHIYAGARE) In François Truffaut’s fourth episode of the Antoine Doinel saga, Bed and Board (1970), Antoine (Jean-Pierre Léaud) embarks on an affair with a Japanese woman, Kyoko (Hiroko
"Just learned, Robin Wood has died," Jaime posted at Dave Kehr's site yesterday evening. "I can't think of anything else to say, except that the loss hurts, a lot. What a wonderful mind."Anecdotes
"All the same, there was something going on which remains true, even when the words and pictures are mostly made up." In 1990, playwright Tom Stoppard directed a movie version of his acclaimed play
The difference between the two obsessive quests in The Searchers (1956) and French Connection II (1975) is one of quantity: Popeye Doyle’s one goal, revenging himself on the hedonistic narcotics
1. Manny Farber, his goal: "to get himself to disappear. To get the object in question to shimmer with its own unique sense of awe." 2. An improving exercise: Watch a favorite film on DVD at 1/8th