François Truffaut’s French New Wave masterpiece Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim, 1962) provides a great primer for those curious viewers trying to unravel the complexities and beauty of the film movement. To provide a bit of […]
Steven Soderbergh’s third film, King of the Hill (1993), which followed his tremendously successful debut sex, lies, and videotape (1989) and his near-career imploding Kafka (1991), is a film unlike any other in his filmography. For those critics who chastise the […]
Despite studying film for more than a decade, I had never seen Robert Altman’s Nashville (1975). This should not be interpreted as a disclosure of neglect or ignorance. Instead, it was because I felt like […]
John Cassavetes followed up his stunning achievement A Woman Under the Influence (1974) with a radical shift in direction. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), released two years later in a 135 minute edit, pulled from […]
Over the past couple weeks, we’ve dissected the first two films in the new Blu-Ray reissue of Criterion’s John Cassavetes: Five Films. I noted in my review of Faces (1968) that most viewers will need a couple days […]
Last week, I began to dip my toe into the depths of the emotionally rocky waters of the Criterion Collection’s release of John Cassavetes: Five Films with a short analysis of Shadows (1959). Continuing into the set, […]
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