In Tony Scott’s Domino (2005), Mena Suvari plays an entertainment executive who describes her boss’s (Christopher Walken) attention span as being one of “a ferret on crystal meth.” Ironically, this throwaway line of dialogue effectively describes the […]
Louis Feuillade’s silent French serial series Les Vampires (1915-1916) is primarily remembered today for inspiring filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Christopher Nolan, and Olivier Assayas (who paid homage to the series with his film Irma […]
Film critic James Agee wrote after seeing Preston Sturges’s The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944) that “the Hays office must have been raped in its sleep.” Indeed, it’s difficult to think of a post-code film that feels […]
There is a scene in the first half of Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station (2013) that perfectly encapsulates the film. Oscar (Michael B. Jordan), a young black man stuck between a former life of crime and a new […]
I love The Kids in the Hall. The Canadian sketch comedy group, which rose to fame with their Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live) produced television show (1988-1994), embodies a unique blend of quirk and surreal […]
Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard (Expanded Second Edition, 2012) By Matt Taylor ISBN: 9781781163023 Titan Books September 2012 312 pages The introductory statement “Matt Taylor’s coffee table book Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard (Expanded Second Edition, 2012)” perfectly […]
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