Tag: Films
Filmotomy Podcast Episode 30: Was 1983 Such A Poor Year For Film?
Podcast 30 already, and we rewind all the way back to 1983 to discuss the notion of it being one of the very worst years…
Ranked: The Films of the Coen Brothers
Total silence, two can play at that game, pal. Remember to always put one in the brain. What’s the most you ever lost on a…
Love is… When Real Life Would Make A Great Movie
In real life, 10 years is a long time. On film, 10 years can drift by like the dawn of autumn breeze. It can be…
Filmotomy Podcast Episode 28: All Hail The B Movie
This week’s podcast takes a swift turn off the usual road, as the discussion heads for the elusive B movie. No, not bee, B. That…
100 Explorations of World Cinema – Deux
“Abdellatif Kechiche is one of the greatest, most famous directors in France, and I love the trance-like feeling that you get with his cinema. I…
100 Explorations of World Cinema – Uno
“I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life…
Guest Review – A Quiet Place
Playing our nerves and frequently our imaginations, horror movies, when done right, can set the tone. And if films like Jaws made us afraid to go…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Ten
“When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Nine
“It’s a funny thing with documentary films – you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Eight
“There is so much investment in it of people’s labor time that it will never make money. But there are other documentaries that you might…
Festival de Cannes Update: Additions to Selection Line-up
As expected, there are some film additions to the 71st Cannes Film Festival line-ups. Familiar names Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Lars von Trier will be…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Seven
“I’ve been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they’re loath to do that because they think if it’s a documentary it…
Vote: The Greatest Performances of Al Pacino
So it’s Al Pacino’s birthday next week. We were going to through him a surprise party, but the last time we did that for him…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Six
“When you’re shooting a feature that costs $200,000 a day with a crew of 250, you don’t want accidents; you want to know exactly what’s…
