Plastics. They’re everywhere. They’re in our homes, our cars, our food and waste streams. They’ve formed islands in the middle of the Pacific and infiltrated every last habitat on Earth. If you’ve had a knee or hip replacement, you’ve got … Continue reading CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
I have a hard time buying that dinosaurs and humans could live together in any kind of harmony. Food would be an issue: How hard would it be for a Brontosaurus to knock over a grain silo and go nuts? … Continue reading JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION
Shot in stark black and white like a moving Weegee photograph, Lionel Rogosin’s On the Bowery is a stunning piece of filmmaking instrumental in dropkicking American movie making out of the studios and onto the streets. The story here is of an … Continue reading ON THE BOWERY
In 1965, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Parajanov was riding high following the critical and commercial success of the great Ukrainian film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Tapped by the government to make a movie celebrating the 20th anniversary of the defeat of the … Continue reading KYIV FRESCOES (Киевские фрески)
Paris, 1981: Björn Borg has five French Open grand slams under his belt and is looking for number six. Ivan Lendl is looking for his first. So is John McEnroe, on clay at least. Hana Mandlíková is looking to be … Continue reading THE FRENCH
Movies are wondrous. Magical, moving pieces of art crafted by human hands, designed to explore the very essence of the human condition and, in many cases, instill hope in current and future generations. The same cannot be said of the … Continue reading LUX ÆTERNA
Men, the latest from writer/director Alex Garland, opens with unfathomable horror: As a husband falls to his death, he passes by the window of his apartment and momentarily locks eyes with his wife. This is the crucial moment Garland anchors … Continue reading MEN
France, 1963. Three young women enter the club. Inside, they’re having a party, dancing to the music. The Cokes are in the icebox; rock ’n’ roll on the radio. The place is packed with students, the current occupation of the … Continue reading HAPPENING (L’ÉVÉNEMENT)
England, 1944: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger want to make a movie about an English bomber pilot and an American radio operator falling in love—in this world and the next. They envision a Technicolor fantasia unlike anything seen. The only … Continue reading I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!
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