Greetings Harry, Kevin, Andrew, Nitesh and Edwin,It seems that discussion of our favorite films, underexposed or otherwise, is naturally blending itself into one of how we saw them. As technology increases
For Roberto Rossellini, miracles and revolutions could be embodied in a gesture, an embrace, a sudden discovery. Throughout The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, the Italian filmmaker’s 1966 reconstruction
The first minutes of this picture, the last one Joseph Losey made in the United States, are weirdly bracing in a way that seems unique to late '40s-early '50s noir-inflected B pictures. Young George
Hello all, and I guess by the time this goes up, happy lunar new year too!The topic of underexposed (undistributed) favourites is an interesting one. In terms of exhibition, personally, I'm quite an infrequent
"When multiplexes opened, we thought it was a great opportunity to show the best of cinema, in those small cinemas. It did not happen. Instead, they were showing the worst kind of films — there is no choice
Greetings Harry, Kevin, Nitesh, Edwin and Alexis. A belated happy new year to you all.Back in 2005 (how time flies!) I was a co-creator of The Conversation, a week-long discussion between film bloggers
Bonjour tout le monde, Andrew, who organised this with me, Kevin, Edwin, Nitesh and Alexis, as well as readers of the Notebook. Thank you for accepting the invitation and welcome to our first yearly trans
Epilogue '08 is the final chapter of the year 2008. An online roundtable looking back one last time on the past year in films, after 2008 came to a close and every year-end poll and commentary has been
John Ford mourns the Western as a spectral soundstage (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), Sam Peckinpah goes outside to revive it, or at least give it a decent Viking funeral. The geriatric lawman (Joel
Made in USA is, like about all Godard’s works, just a documentary of a time, of some places, of some people. A home movie bearing witness to 1967, politically, personally—and the two, here, are
The Crystals' "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)" was not quite the last gasp of a certain strain of masochism in popular culture...but it can be usefully cited as probably the last time said strain