Hey guys, I'm doing some research on two different film topics that are turning out to be kind of difficult and obscure. Do you have recommendations for good...
I just watched the Criterion Collection DVD of THE THIRD MAN (1949), with two commentaries: one by Dana Polan, another by Steven Soderbergh and Tony Gilroy....
... I'm loath to cite Wikipedia as an authority on anything, but they do at least source the anecdote to an interview in Clarence Thomas Samuels' 1972 book...
I was astonished to discover how good the movie is and how forgotten it became: http://oleszczyk.blogspot.com/2009/05/anna-1987-y-bogayevicz.html Did anyone...
) ... I saw this thing in the theater. For a teenage boy who was into foreign and indie films, a film like this starring Paulina Porizkova was some kind of ...
... Thanks for posting this. It's a really interesting series. If you linkk to BAMcinematek The Late Film (or google this), you can see a list of all 23...
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-maxine-cooper15-2009apr15,0,2025998.story I was informed of this a week ago and waited to see the posting but...
The discussion of late films takes a strange twist in the case of auteur Joseph H. Lewis. No one knows what his last film is. Best candidate so far: The...
... Thanks, Tony. I'm sorry I didn't get to it myself and appreciate that you did. It would be a shame for Maxine Cooper to not be remembered here, because...
Some articles: Lino Brocka retrospective: http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2009/05/lino-brocka-films-thoughout-month-of.html Sherad Anthony Sanchez's...
Some articles. Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009): http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2009/05/jj-abrams-star-trek.html Philippine Customs continues to block...
Here are some of my thoughts on the new "Star Trek" movie, which I enjoyed immensely: http://oleszczyk.blogspot.com/2009/05/star-trek-2009-jj-abrams.html ...
My own thoughts: there's always been a queer subtext to the Spock-Kirk relationship, made explicit in fan fiction, George Takei is out and proud, and the Star...
At our recently concluded Carl Dreyer festival in my country I lectured on the theme of personal integrity in his work, especially with in the person of...
I hope that the many admirers of John Ford here will take a look at the new issue of UNDERCURRENT, which has a special section on John Ford with an superb...
Soderberg's play ends with Kanning's tragically powerless re-summation of the departed Gertrud as the curtain falls—but the film does not end on such a note;...
I cannot agree with your conclusion to these observations, though was fascinated to learn that Dreyer added the coda, because I've always believed that Dreyer...
... "...Gertrud's hours to know love might have been, in the scheme of a whole life, not that many. But how does one measure them?--better to measure them by...
I remember some lengthy disussion taking place here once, after Mike Grost shared his disapproving view of the HBO series THE WIRE. Probably there's no point...
anyone who didn't dig the wire just doesn't get it.scott ... From: Michal Oleszczyk <michal.oleszczyk@...> Subject: [a_film_by] Chris Marker on American...
I heartily agree re: The Wire, and that was a really bewildering and frustrating thread to read, but I doubt things will change if we start it up again. Alain...
... 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...
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