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
Movies aren’t just making history; they’re making our history,” filmmaker Mark Cousins muses in his latest documentary, The Story of Film: A New Generation. “They’re showing us what we are. What we want. What we fear. What we’ve lost. And what … Continue reading Mark Cousins on THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION
Few filmmakers are as devoted to cinema as Alex Cox. Since his debut in 1984, Cox has made movies for the studios, for BBC’s Channel 4, for Roger Corman, for his students, and for himself. He’s penned three books on … Continue reading Alex Cox on TOMBSTONE-RASHOMON
We think of this film as a love triangle between Maurice and Katia, the volcano and the spirit of the French New Wave,” Shane Boris tells me over the phone. The L-word comes up a lot in our chat about … Continue reading Shane Boris on FIRE OF LOVE
One of the many pleasures of going to the movies is the discovery of new ideas, new voices, and new faces. And in 2016, that discovery belonged to newcomer Hayden Szeto as he charmed the screen in The Edge of Seventeen. … Continue reading Hayden Szeto on THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
Hollywood cinema has had a complicated relationship with race and ethnicity since its very beginning. So opens Luis I. Reyes latest cinematic study, Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Film. Complicated? You bet. But as Reyes points … Continue reading Luis Reyes on VIVA HOLLYWOOD
Aug. 1, 1966: U.S. Marine and University of Texas at Austin engineering student Charles Whitman entered the UT tower, climbed to the 28th floor, took his position, and opened fire on the campus. For the next 96 minutes, Whitman shot … Continue reading Keith Maitland on TOWER
If you’ve seen a hundred westerns, then you’ve seen it a hundred times: a mysterious figure rides into town looking for someone. With guns drawn, frontier justice is enforced, the two characters’ shared backstory bubbles up to the surface, and, … Continue reading Nathan and David Zellner on DAMSEL
Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Centuryby Dana StevensSimon and Schuster, 432 pp, Hardback, $29.99Published Jan. 25, 2022 He’s just this strange figure who was sort of prodigiously talented at something that … Continue reading Dana Stevens on CAMERA MAN
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