Jesse James
Posted in Review Year in Film

Rewind – 2007 in Film: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

There is a shot early on in Andrew Dominik’s 2007 film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford which must be on…

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No Country For Old Men
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Rewind – 2007 in Film: No Country for Old Men

The quiet wind is the first sound heard, and then the wide plains open before our eyes as the sun rises over the blackness of…

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Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: Fargo, 1996

We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Fargo, 1996 Prix de la mise en scène…

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Rewind in film: 1993 – The Secret Garden

Although I was quite the tomboy growing up, I did have a soft spot for films like The Little Princess (1995), Little Women (1994), The…

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Untitled Barber Movie: The Coen Brothers in Black and White

Visionary master Roger Deakins finally won his very first Oscar recently for Best Cinematography. No, you are not reading an article first published twenty years…

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Posted in Oscars

Roger Deakins & That Elusive Oscar – Is This His Year?

  Consider this: A filmography of 57 films The go-to camera dude for the A-List directors like the Coens and Denis Villeneuve 3 ASC (American…

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