Tag: filmmaking
Festival de Cannes 70: Michèle Morgan, 1946
A sunny shout-out to 70 winners at the Cannes Film Festival to celebrate the 70th event which is just around the corner – in no…
Festival de Cannes 70: La Sélection Officielle 2017
They’re here! The films and filmmakers announced not long ago in the Festival de Cannes official selection for 2017. To say I am excited is an under-statement….
Genre Blast : Coming-of-Age Films
It’s that bridge you cross when you leave innocence behind and learn to face the harsh and confusing realities of adulthood. It can be a…
Film Honors: 2016
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Film Honors: 2000
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Interview: Filmmaker Richard T. Wilson
I spoke to filmmaker Richard T. Wilson about his filmic influences, both as an audience member and behind the camera, before breaking bread over his…
Genre Blast: War is Hell
Sometimes the genre is used as patriotic propaganda, sometimes to the opposite effect. Conflict drives all drama and nothing compares to the giant canvas provided…
Genre Blast: Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic Movies
(This series is a challenge for all film nerds. I call out the film genre and five favorites, and then you tell me what I…
Film Honors: 2004
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #30
Long time no see Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, my once regular links recommendations of the movie world (and those that crash the party). This time around…
Genre Blast: Westerns
(This series is a challenge for all film nerds. I call out the film genre and five favorites, and then you tell me what I…
LACMA Review: Personal Shopper
In their second collaboration, Kristen Stewart and director Olivier Assayas go down a creepy American in Paris Gothic film road with Personal Shopper. I was…
Review And Q&A: Personal Shopper
Personal Shopper is an emotional story about loss, luxury labels, comfy pullovers, ghosts, scooters, ectoplasm, and contacting the other side. Something for everyone, en fait….
Genre Blast: Movies About Movies
This series is a challenge directed at all film nerds. On a regular basis, I’ll call out the film genre and five personal favourites, then…
