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 […]
Foreign
Movies
Amour Fou: Francois Truffaut’s THE STORY OF ADELE H. (1975)
In Francois Truffaut’s The Story of Adele H. (1975), love–unrequited love to be exact–is like a virus. It consumes the young Adele Hugo, the second daughter to author Victor, to a point where she stalks the […]
Movies
Magic Magic: Fellini’s SATYRICON
Encolpius (Martin Potter) looks towards the audience and begins Fellini Satyricon by rambling about the man who betrayed and stole a boy from him. It is, as with Woody Allen in Annie Hall, Rosie Perez in Do the […]
Listicles
Top 5 Films Never Nominated for an Oscar
With the Academy Awards just around the corner, all of us (nominees and fans alike) can get whipped up into a froth over who should win. And while the nominees who DON’T get to pick […]
Movies
Back in Black: François Truffaut’s The Bride Wore Black
This black angel wearing white floats on air, but nevertheless has purpose in her steps and revenge in her heart. Its skeletal structure, its pitch idea, is not unlike Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, and, come […]
Events
The Awful Truth: Alain Resnais’ HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR
[dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap] remember everything,” says a disparate female voice, as if in agony. “You remember nothing,” a male voice replies to her. He says it again. “Nothing.” The opening minutes of Alain Resnais’ 1959 debut feature […]