They’re all disappointments in the end. You only see the things you wish you had done. In the theatre you can take a play and then change it on tour or cut it down, but once you have finished a … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 30, 1906
The fictional oil town of Bad City, Iran, is, as far as we know, populated with pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, drug users, a stray family member or two, a cat, and The Girl (Sheila Vand). Casting a menacing shadow over … Continue reading A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT
Bring on the empty horses! The next time I want an idiot to do this, I’ll do it myself! —Michael Curtiz Continue reading Born On This Day — December 24, 1886
Is Boulder, Colorado, the future of independent cinema? Alex Cox seems to think so. The British filmmaker and former assistant professor to the film studies program at the University of Colorado Boulder doesn’t just know a thing or two about … Continue reading Alex Cox on BILL THE GALACTIC HERO
Mike Nichols was a rare one. He began in comedy, moved to the stage, and then made his way to Hollywood, where he forever changed the face of cinema. Sandwiched between the French New Wave and the New American Cinema, … Continue reading Mike Nichols: Five Unforgettable Films from a Master
I dream for a living. For me, it’s someone—a protagonist—who is no longer in control of his life, who loses control and then has to somehow regain it. That’s good drama. —Steven Spielberg Continue reading Born On This Day – December 18, 1946
I just knew that if you engaged the audience with a promise that something would develop, you were in business. If not, you had to contrive automatic ridiculousness continuously. Comedy, in this sense, is all about preparation. Things have to … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 18, 1904
I follow the general fashion in ordinary manners and moral laws in serious matters, but in art I follow myself. Therefore I won’t do anything I don’t want to do. Even if something is unnatural and I like it, I’ll … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 12, 1903
It was 1983 when British filmmaker Alex Cox turned in his first feature film to Universal Studios. That same week, Cox optioned the rights to one of his favorite science-fiction novels for a future project. The movie was Repo Man. The book … Continue reading BILL THE GALACTIC HERO
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