David said: " [RAGING BULL was] the last important biopic with a problematic central figure" ... David, the last important biopic with a problematic central...
Well LAURENCE Harvey was always problematic. But then we're entering cinema verite territory. ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
Saw a press screening of Guy Maddin's latest "Brand Upon the Brain!" and if any further confirmation of his talent was needed this surely provides it. The ...
Andre de Toth's films are full of different accents and dialects. Maybe because he was a person who immigrated to the US and learned English as a secon, he is...
... All big hits, right? "Hollywoodland" was interesting, but George Reeves more its occasion than its subject. Instead Adrien Brody ran around trying to do...
... It really could be interesting if she turns the post-war period of Reifenstahal's life into a dark political comedy about the rationalizations of her many...
That's about as likely to happen as her coming out. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the...
My friend Dennis Cooper wirtes on his blog: "The Rivette [Don't Touch the Axe] is just about to open in France. I have one friend here who saw it as a festival...
The buzz is indeed tremendous. Interestingly, the film is an adaptation of a Balzac novel ("La Duchesse de Langeais") which was already filmed in 1941 during...
... Haven't seen "Domino". But in tune with the underrated in this problematic central bopic mini-genre, "The Good Shepherd" has to be mentioned. I don't...
... Wow -- never heard of that version. I DO know that Ophuls wanted to make one as a comeback vehicle for Garbo. Screen tests were shot -- and are included in...
... It's not a "bad" film but I for one never found it truly engaging. It's about white male angst -- a subject some writers (John O'Hara, John Cheever) have ...
Hi David, Have you read A. Lowenstein's book 'Shocking Representation'? He has an interesting take on the genre, looking at the films within a psychological...
... As a comment on changing tastes and looks and styles, the character played by the Garbo-like Feuillere in 1942 is now played by none other than the...
Do music documentaries help one overcme their 'musicalophobia''.. And what are some of the great music documentaries, besides Trevanier's 'Missippi Blues'? I'd...
... The best is still "Jazz on a Summer's Day" by Bert Stern and Aram Avakian. The framing and editing is as precise as Straub-Huillet. "Woodstock" is a big...
... Feuillere made Susan Sontag's "Camp" list. Kael called her "ineffably absurd." I rather enjoyed her in "The Eagle Has Two Heads." And she has a small but ...
After so many years of resisting the hype, I watched an episode of CSI last night. Didn't do much for me. No problem with the actors, of course, especially the...
Watch THE WIRE, if you haven't already. It's the anti-CSI. Marc ... ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's...
... "Ineffably absurd" sounds pretty accurate. I think she reached the height of absurdity in Lampin's awful, truly idiotic version of "L'Idiot". But the...
... In some ways that's true, but there are precious few actors around these days wih Gabin potential, much less level of achievement. And the old-timers had...
... exclusively-gay) campy-nostalgic way - although I never saw "Femmes femmes" and wish I did (please send me a copy!) It is true that with the necessary...
I was going to pitch THE SHIELD, but after finishing the first quarter of the new Season 5 set, I now have to qualify any recommendations of that cop show....
Posted this some days ago, and still hasn't come out--are my messages being treated as spam? Some notes I managed to write about the Jeonju festival, including...
