... I have yet to see THE WIRE, but I've heard very good things about it. I think both CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and SIX FEET UNDER are also worth looking at. What...
... You still get that attitude in Britain, even though I think we've generally been more sympathetic towards serious television studies (the BFI has been...
... Yes, the BFI TV Classics series contains some excellent resources, such as Kim Newman's work on DR. WHO and Ina Rae Hark's study of STAR TREK. In addition...
... I'm really amazed at reading Brian's initial post concerning a certain academic environment. But I may know it "all to well." Anyway, two decades ago SCS...
... Well, there's no much sexuality of any kind going on there. My guess is that it's because STAR TREK seems to be truly a figment of pre-adolescent, almost...
Katz says that MD was in Pabst's *Freudlose Gasse* (*Joyless Street*; 1925), but IMDB does not list it among her credits. Does anyone have definitive proof of...
Hello, if you look in the german site www.filmportal.de and you search Marlene Dietrich in the block and click in results at Darstellerin, you'll find she's...
A few years ago I tried to come up with a definitive answer to this DIE FREUDLOSE GASSE appearance when I taught a course on Marlene Dietrich’s career. At...
He died last Wednesday. Although he will be best remembered for Mr. Han in ENTER THE DRAGON, Cantonese cinema will always revere him as the adversary to Kwan...
By James Bell Travelling to the Pyongyang International Film Festival in North Korea was going to be a trip like no other. What greeted me at Beijing airport...
... It seems that the person who wrote that very good obituary knew what they were talking about as much as the person who found the still didn't have a clue! ...
... She is really good in RAILROADED and T-MEN and was going to attend the Memphis Film Festival some 8 years ago but once the shoe-bomber incident received...
Sad news. I met King a few years ago at Carleton University in Ottawa when he lectured and showed some of his work. One of the great documentary filmmakers who...
Way better than usual thanks for Eduardo Coutinho's retro. Coutinho is one of my favorite filmmakers current working, so it's great to hear his getting a retro...
I would second Filipe´s comments, only adding that IMHO Coutinho´s Playing should also not be missed, and reinforce that every film not mentioned by Filipe...
Should any of a_film_byers wander around Central Europe in late July, the Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wroclaw is definitely to be recommended. It's one...
http://wellesnet.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=16833#p16833 If you scroll down this site you will find links to email the Mayor and City Council of Woodstock...