Movies
B-Roll: Wim Wenders’ ALICE IN THE CITIES (1974)
“See, when you drive through America something happens with you. The images you see change you.” And the road goes on as he pulls the boots from his feet and tosses them to the side […]
Year: 2015
Photographic Evidence
Quiet on the Set! Christmas Movies
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for feel-good, family-friendly, holiday movies that never fail to make you warm and fuzzy inside. For many of these films, it’s almost as though we’re born with […]
Movies
B-Roll: Anthony Mann’s Strangers in the Night (1944)
The first time we meet Sgt. Johnny Meadows (William Terry) he lies on a makeshift marine stretcher, face twisted in unspeakable agony as the sounds of the Pacific Theater of World War Two crash and […]
Playlists
Movies
For Your Consideration: TRUMBO’s TV Movie Earnestness
There are currently two films in theatres that have a couple things in common. They will undoubtedly garner Oscar attention, and they are both about the same Cold War period in the US , tackling […]
Movies
The Long Start to the Journey: A Review
The Long Start to the Journey begins with a quote, delivered in voiceover by Chris Gallaway, the film’s director. “I decided to walk the Appalachian Trail when I was beginning to love a girl named […]
Movies
B-Roll: Jean Renoir’s NIGHT AT THE CROSSROADS (1932)
Darkness falls at the crossroads and near all is silent. Milky fog opaques the inky blackness pierced by an occasional light. In a mechanics shop a worker sniffs a pinch of cocaine hidden in a […]
Opinion
John Lennon: 35 Years Ago Today
It simply doesn’t seem possible, but it’s true: today marks the 35th anniversary of John Lennon’s tragic death. It’s a particularly difficult subject for me to discuss because, in so many ways, his music occupies a […]
Movies
Iñárritu Goes Full Tilt Cimino with THE REVENANT
Believe everything you’ve heard about The Revenant, both the behind-the-scenes hysteria, as well as those who’ve experienced the almost three hours of visual and auditory assault, as ultimately it will add to the mystique of […]
Editor's Picks
The Mystery Horse of Harold Lloyd’s SPEEDY
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ust one of the many wonders of silent film is that in every frame, a precious look back at a disappeared place and time is revealed before us. Locked therein are windows to the past. […]