For the godfather of narrative cinema, D.W. Griffith, moving pictures “moved.” As he said in 1944, “What the modern movie lacks is beauty, the beauty of the moving wind in the trees.” For Griffith—and the vast majority of storytellers who … Continue reading NO HOME MOVIE
Somewhere in northern Tehran, a young couple rides a motorbike into town. They laugh, they play, she teases him, and then, her chador gets stuck in the gears of the motorbike. “Whom are you hiding from?” he asks her, pointing … Continue reading FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY
Before you can fix something, you must first take it apart. Before you can be reborn, you must first be destroyed. That line of thinking motivates director Jean-Marc Vallée’s film, Demolition, a movie that focuses on the self-destruction required to survive … Continue reading DEMOLITION
Leo Tolstoy opened Anna Karenina with a doozy: “All happy familiars are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” An aphorism that holds true on any day, but for Ryder and his family, that day is today. Ryder (Logan … Continue reading TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
In the conventional sense, Doris (Sally Field) is a spinster. She lives in the same Staten Island house she grew up in—with her cat and 60 years of an accumulated past—and has more or less shut herself off to the … Continue reading HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS
Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man abroad and at home. Sing to me his story as a wanderer and a traveler, armed with a camera to photograph the inner, the outer and the eternal. Sing to me … Continue reading Unlocking the Artistry of Wim Wenders
It’s been said many times before—probably every four years—but rarely has it been said with such vitriol or rung as true: “Americans are going to get the president they deserve.” Gone are the days of 2008’s campaign of hope and … Continue reading BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
William Faulkner wisely wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” No matter how hard we try to suppress and forget, the sins of the past will come to light, often in an unpleasant manner and especially at … Continue reading REMEMBER
The revolution may not be televised, but it will be personalized. In the future, you will be able to get what you need and give it the face you want, the personality you like, and the bustline you desire. Make … Continue reading CREATIVE CONTROL
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