Thoughts on the Cannes Film Festival (From One who’s Never Been There)
The 2022 Cannes Film Festival has just concluded, and based on what I’ve read it seems to have been largely uneventful
Herman Melville, Leos Carax and the Ambiguities
On Herman Melville’s wildest novel and Leos Carax’s equally outre film adaptation
Fred Ward: 1942-2022
I greatly respect Fred Ward as an actor, but ultimately I like him because, simply, he graced quite a few of my favorite movies
On THE SWIMMER
“DEATH OF A SALESMAN in swimming trunks” is how Burt Lancaster described his 1968 starring vehicle THE SWIMMER
Anime, Insanity, and a Cursed Dress
About THE CURSED ONE-PIECE, the finest haunted dress narrative ever filmed
TV Flashback: TÉLÉCHAT
A show that spoofed TV newscasts via a surreal universe of animal newsreaders and sentient objects, warping an entire generation of French youngsters
NOSFERATU at 100
March, 2022 marked a most auspicious anniversary: the centennial of NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS
TV Flashback: MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION
Here’s an interesting program, a spin-off of the popular anthology series MASTERS OF HORROR that focuses on science fiction
Sergei Paradjanov and Yuri Ilyenko: A Ukrainian Rhapsody
Sergei Paradjanov and Yuri Ilyenko, Ukraine cinema’s dynamic duo.
Ivan Reitman: 1946-2022
Say what you will about Ivan Reitman, but he knew how to make movies