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July 2009

July 16, 2009

Le petit soldat (Godard, 1963)

The main character in Le petit Soldat is tortured. At one point, in voice-over, he...

July 10, 2009

Anarchy at the Movies (Part II)

One way that fuzziness is manifested is in the way that anarchy gets conflated with...

July 09, 2009

Stephen Frears

What is your favorite Stephen Frears film? And why do you think he doesn't get...

July 05, 2009

Anarchy at the Movies (Part I)

Perhaps the most unfortunate thing about Culture and Anarchy, Matthew Arnold's series of essays that...

June 2009

June 28, 2009

The Trial of Joan of Arc (Bresson, 1962)

John Donne once wrote, "I am a little world made cunningly," suggesting that the complexity...

June 28, 2009

A Man Escaped (Bresson, 1956)

In Notes on the Cinematographer, Bresson appears particularly anxious to remind himself (and us) that...

June 23, 2009

Charlie Chaplin: A King in New York

The nature of a celebrity interview is that it can be hit or miss. Surely...

June 20, 2009

Persepolis (Paronnaud, 2007)

A lot of films can break your heart--a precious few can enlarge and renovate it.

June 06, 2009

Land of the Pharoahs (Hawks, 1955)

Struggle he unquestionably did. He reports both in the audio commentary and in his 1956...

June 03, 2009

The Tragedy of Hamlet (Brook, 2002)

Peter Brook has forgotten more about Shakespeare than I'll ever know, and Adrian Lester is...

May 2009

May 31, 2009

Bride & Prejudice (Chadha, 2004)

Where to start? Well, I finally understand those singing puppets in the Fandango commercials.

May 29, 2009

Up (Docter, 2009)

As such, there has always been something troubling to me about the increasing insistence of...

May 27, 2009

The Broadway Melody (1929 Best Picture Winner)

In a nutshell, a must see for cinophiles. Others might consider taking a pass.

May 26, 2009

Nicholas Ray

"You're tearing me apart!" The line--the plaintive cry--is synonymous with Rebel Without A Cause and...

May 24, 2009

Ingmar Bergman: (Smiles of a Summer Night, 1955)

My relationship with the films of Ingmar Bergman has been analogous to that with a...

May 19, 2009

You Can’t Take It With You (Capra, 1938)

The situation is timeless, but the setting is very much of the moment.

May 16, 2009

The Life of Emile Zola (Dieterle, 1937)

I will admit that the film has the sort of schmaltzy feel (aided by the...

May 16, 2009

Star Trek (Abrams, 2009)

I don't imagine kids running out of Abrams' movie and staring at the nighttime sky,...

May 12, 2009

Luis Buñuel

Or, perhaps it is just my personal history (or lack of it) that leaves me...

May 08, 2009

The Island (Bay, 2005)

Sean Bean and McGregor get tied together through the barbs. We are all interconnected. It’s...

May 07, 2009

Les Miserables (Bernard, 1934)

Victor Hugo's novel is a timeless classic which has been retold and well loved since...

May 05, 2009

Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick, 1999)

I do not want to give the impression, however, that Eyes Wide Shut is only...

May 04, 2009

Love in the Afternoon (Rohmer, 1972)

The Criterion DVD had an interview with Neil Labute talking about how Rohmer influenced him,...

May 03, 2009

Taxi to the Dark Side (Gibney, 2007)

A well deserved Academy Award (for best documentary) went to Gibney's investigation into the policies...

May 02, 2009

Julius Caesar (Houseman, 1954)

Question: What do the following actors have in common?: Jack Lemmon, Billy Crystal, Keanu Reeves,...

May 02, 2009

Lars and the Real Girl (Gillespie, 2007)

Lars and the Real Girl is a sweet film that gets a lot of emotional...

May 01, 2009

The Big Shot Caller (Rhein, 2009)

Everyone wants to to be able to lay claim to being the first to recognize...

April 2009

April 30, 2009

Lust, Caution (Lee, 2007)

What makes the film's ending so sad and tragic is that I'm not sure that...

April 30, 2009

The Great Dictator (Chaplin, 1940)

A lot of critical ink has been used to talk about how politically brave the...

April 29, 2009

Michelangelo Antonioni

If the name "Antonioni" gives the neophyte cinephile pause, he can take solace in the...

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