... It was in the Brooklyn (BAM) retrospective that just ended: http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=176 I haven't seen it, nor have I had time to see much...
Have you all read this in the NY Times? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/movies/01crit.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=nathan+lee&st=nyt&oref=slogin That's right,...
Thanks, Jess. I'm really glad to hear that my suspicions over the film's neglect might be ungrounded, and I certainly hope they are. BAM hosted the same...
... While I agree with the despair you express, it should be noted that Ansen wasn't really fired or let go maliciously. In fact, his editors specifically *did...
... I disagree. Can you imagine some tabula rasu know-nothing trying to write about a filmmaker's neo-realistic mise-en-scene without ever having seen a...
... I did not say that people should be writing about film without knowing anything about film. I am objecting to the notion that somehow an academic ...
... members ... not come ... seem to be ... Imagine that. ... What I am saying, as someone who goes to a lot of press screenings and film festivals, is that...
... Overall I agree, but nowadays even a background in academic film studies does not guarantee knowledge in cinema history. But yes, it does increase the...
Why not evaluate someone on the merit of their work, rather than the writing (or lack thereof) on their degree? If the only knowledge I had of cinema came from...
... I never took a film studies degree - I might well have done twenty years ago, but they were as rare as hen's teeth in 1980s Britain, so the best I could...
... material I ... millionth time.> I never took a film studies degree - I might well have done twenty years ago, but they ... post-2000 career has been spent...
I read the Voice's job listing as a sign of the new corporate bosses' intention to make film coverage more "user-friendly" in the negative sense -- which has...
... That's not true in the least. In fact, Theory (with a capital T) is QUITE unpopular in film studies today. And I can assure you that attention is paid to ...
... QUITE ... is paid to ... who's doing ... Fair enough, Kevin. I'm glad to stand corrected regarding the popularity of Theory vs. studying the masters -- I...
... A further clarification: by "and everything else" I also mean the most important thing -- getting the audience interested! Creating an appetite for...
... But just for the record, it's not an either/or situation. If anything, the field is beyond anyone's capacity to even conceive of it. For instance, even ...
I'd second Kevin's comments here about the field of academic Film Studies. It is difficult to narrow down anymore. While it's true that auteur studies that are...
... I believe that the Ranown cycle may be appearing on DVD shortly. Last year's excellent reissue of SEVEN MEN FROM NOW was a great restoration with relevant...
If his politics had not become so reactionary in the last few decades of his life, it would be easier for me to write something honoring him. He was much more...
... And EL CID. And MAJOR DUNDEE. And 55 DAYS AT PEKING. And THE BIG COUNTRY. And... Let's not sell Chuck short. Like John Wayne, he'll be remembered as a ...
The thing I'll remember about "Chuck" is that he was one of a generation of leading men who took chances. Not like Burt Lancaster, who had a "weird period"...
... COUNTRY. Not uninteresting films, but all of which were lesser works of great directors who did much better things elsewhere. I very much like "Will Penny"...
... a ... But ... issues back ... used to ... Stevenson and ... Yes. It's easy to simplify--especially so late in the day. It's fine if someone want to...
What French critic famously called ... Yes, of course, it was Michel Mourlet. And I almost wrote that name before but didn't because I momentarily became...
... Holy Moses! I've just heard the news which proves the old 60s religious axiom now correct - God is dead! Seriously, though I very much agree with Blake and...
... Have to disagree here. At the time, Heston has still a NRA figurehead, and thus it was perfectly legitimate for Moore to go after him. News of Heston's...
... But if you look at the film closely, Heston was obviously not in the best of health. Anybody else (who was not a cheap skate picking on an infirm target)...
... Again, I think this is the responsibility of the NRA not Moore. It's like saying one shouldn't have criticized Reagan in '87 and '88 because he was going ...
Is it me or was this pic titled colossal plus youth precisely due to the absence of either in the film? Hey, it's one thing to be eating lemons due to stomach...
