CHAPTER IIn WhichWe Discuss The Beatles, The Breeders, Heroin, Meet Winnie-The-Pooh, and Make a Proposal “Form must illuminate content.” — Phil Solomon True for any work of art. Be it a rock ‘n’ roll ballad, an impressionist painting or movie … Continue reading A Matter of Style: Yasujirô Ozu Covers CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
A lot has happened in the 14 years between the two Incredibles films, movie-wise, that is. When The Incredibles first arrived in 2004, the modern-day superhero movie was still learning to crawl. Bryan Singer’s X-Men and X2 were only four and one years old, respectively, Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy … Continue reading More Than Just Design: INCREDIBLES 2 and Yesterday’s Tomorrows
I always thought I wanted to be a film critic. Then I ran into a whole series of problems in my life, which could not be addressed by non-fiction. … I had to give life to these demons before these … Continue reading On Familiar Ground: Paul Schrader and the Death Impulse
We stand together and reinforce the extraordinary value of this art form. And by ‘we,’ I mean all of us who love cinema and who learn about it as we watch and re-watch these precious films. —Martin Scorsese On April … Continue reading A Community in the Dark: Dispatches from the TCM Classic Film Festival
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