Filip Mosz never intended to become a filmmaker. He only bought that damned 8mm movie camera to film his newborn daughter. Yet his enthusiasm bubbled over at the realization that he could capture time, moments, […]
Samuel Fuller was never a director who was comfortable with domesticity. Perhaps for this reason he tended to avoid romantic relationships in his films, instead focusing on outsiders, soldiers, and people drawn to close confederations […]
Professional Drinker and Traveler Wade Sheeler tips us off to the merriest city of the south, New Orleans, where you can enjoy non-stop yuletide cheer on a budget. “‘Tis the season to be travelin’,” is what […]
Henri Matisse once said, “With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.” That being the case, I do not hesitate to say that movie color is without doubt some of the […]
Ohhh, Taschen. Yummy, delectable, I-want-to-devour-you-whole Tahhhh-Shen. So beautiful. So sumptuous. SO expensive. And yet, somehow, worth every blessed cent. You taunt me with your provocatively packaged anthologies, teasing me with desire. I covet your sweetly binded […]
There is shockingly little information available on John Ford’s Men Without Women (1930). The few summaries of the film available on most websites regurgitate the same plot points and pieces of IMDB trivia. Even Joseph […]
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