The history of cinema is littered with career defining debuts. From Orson Welles’ seismic Citizen Kane to François Truffaut’s autobiographical The 400 Blows; from Terrence Malick’s poetic Badlands to Martin Scorsese’s raw Whose That Knocking On My Door? They don’t … Continue reading I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS
Remember those old movies? The ones where a couple drives down the road, only they aren’t driving, they’re sitting in a car on some studio lot. And that’s not a road behind them; it’s a rear projection of road. Looks … Continue reading ROME OPEN CITY (ROME CITTÀ APERTA)
Clothes make the man. But who makes the clothes? Nowadays, most of us walk around wearing cookie-cutter shirts, pants, and jackets, all produced en masse and for no one in particular. Sure, they come in a variety of standardized sizes, … Continue reading MEN OF THE CLOTH
Have you heard of The Wrecking Crew? The musical geniuses behind “These Boots Are Made For Walking,” “California Dreamin’,” “Good Vibrations,” and more? No? Are you sure? To be fair, Nancy Sinatra made “These Boots” famous, The Mamas and The … Continue reading THE WRECKING CREW
I’ve just always been fascinated by what happens when you take a doodle and breathe life into it,” animation director Tim Johnson said, describing his career and passion. Ever since the birth of the flickering image, writers, directors, animators, and … Continue reading Tim Johnson on HOME
This might be a little naïve,” director Mitch Dickman says. “But I’ve been… talking about this film-to-table idea. I think the food community has done a tremendous job of capitalizing on the farm-to-table movement. I don’t think film is all that … Continue reading Mitch Dickman on ROLLING PAPERS
Conflict is the heart of cinema. Conflict drives the plot and draws the audience, and practically every movie revolves around it. Yet, only a select few have the audacity to dive into what fuels that conflict and, to borrow a … Continue reading BETHLEHEM
Where do movies go when they die? Every year, anywhere between 500 and 750 movies are released theatrically in the United States, and every year, hundreds more get made but never see the silver screen. Where do they go? As … Continue reading PATRICK’S DAY
In 1960, Jean-Luc Godard revolutionized cinema. Breathless wasn’t just a break from the old ways of filmmaking, it was as if cinema had cracked off and begun again. Seven years later, Godard concluded Weekend with the title card, “Fin… de cinema.” It was … Continue reading GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE / ADIEU AU LANGAGE
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