Tag: directing
Alice in Wanderland: Why Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is More Than Just a “Woman’s Picture.”
Despite having an impressive filmography Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) remains Martin Scorsese’s first and only film starring a female protagonist, but regardless of the gender…
10 Days of Martin Scorsese – How To Watch All His Films Online
You fuck my wife? What’s a mook? Are you talkin’ to me? Where’s my fuckin’ money? Aren’t we a fine pair of misfits? Where are the…
Romantic Comedy Review: Off the Menu
I’m not a huge fan of romantic comedies, I often find them cheesy, predictable, unrealistic and cliched; however I found Jay Silverman’s Off The Menu to…
Lina Wertmüller & Her Frames of Rebellion
Lina Wertmüller will open your mind, make you laugh, wince, and, at some point, probably piss you off. She was a force in 20th Century filmmaking, and the likes of Jane Campion, Sophia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow and Greta Gerwig owe her a huge abbracciare for the path she carved through the male-dominated jungle of film directing.
Direct Like a Woman: Great Films Made by Female Filmmakers
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to sit down and watch some excellent films directed by some extremely talented women. This is a…
Film Honors 2017: The Handmaiden and Dunkirk Big Winners
The Film Honors for 2017 were finally announced. As perhaps expected, for those that know me, The Handmaiden and Dunkirk were the big winners. Below…
The 90th Academy Awards Showed Signs Of Moving Forward And Backwards
How do I explain how the 90th Academy Awards went? Well, for the most part, every award went according to plan which made the ceremony…
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Two Shorts: A Way to Express and Experiment
Like many of his fellow generation X directors, Paul Thomas Anderson kick-started his career making short films. Despite attending film school at New York University,…
The Master: A Masterclass of Acting
Regardless of what your thoughts are or what your reactions might be towards Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2012 “Scientology” drama The Master; you can’t help but…
Nothing Hits Harder Than Love: Exploring Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch Drunk Love
Punch-drunk syndrome is an actual condition which boxers and alcoholics suffer from, as dictioniary.com describes it “[it is] caused by repeated cerebral concussions and characterized by…
A Dream-Like Nightmare: The Master Review
In my opinion, Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest three films feel like they are a part of an unofficial experimental trilogy. They each have a less…
An Epic Oscars Argument For The English Patient
The battle of the Oscars an astonishing 21 years ago might tell us just how much the awards race has changed. I mean, heading into…
Review: Bill Duke's 'Created Equal'
It was Thomas Jefferson that said: “[that] all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among…
10 Days of Paul Thomas Anderson – Where To Stream His Movies
These easy-as-sweet-cherry-pie-mama-baby promoting of some of the finest filmmakers around almost seems arbitrary. Unless you’re too busy greedily scrimmaging for oil or attaching notes into…
