My method is simple: not to aim at poetry. That must come of its own accord. The mere whispered mention of its name frightens it away. I shall try to build a table. It will be up to you then … Continue reading Born On This Day — July 5, 1889
Tammy begins with the titular character (Melissa McCarthy) driving her rundown Toyota Corolla through the farmlands of Illinois. On the passenger seat, a CD boom box plays classic rock. Suddenly a deer jumps out of nowhere and smashes into the Corolla. … Continue reading TAMMY
From May 2007 to July 2008, directors Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington were embedded in the Korengal Valley to document U.S. troops stationed at the base, Restrepo. Their 2010 documentary, Restrepo, was a breathtaking portrayal of what war feels like, and it … Continue reading KORENGAL
I’m here to make good pictures. If I don’t see it, I won’t touch it. I may not make a good picture, but I still gotta believe in it! —William Wyler Continue reading Born On This Day — July 1, 1912
Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it. It’s the perfect mummers’ home. If one weren’t a little mad one wouldn’t be there. —Charles Laughton Continue reading Born On This Day — July 1, 1899
My movies rise below vulgarity. Oh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius. —Mel Brooks Continue reading Born On This Day — June 28, 1926
The thing that the great genre filmmaking has always done is taken issues of now and told them through allegory and made them palatable for larger audiences. I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks … Continue reading Born On This Day — June 27, 1966
It’s a well-known theory that film has twenty-four frames to the second, and that a film is always the same; but that’s not true. Even though the reel might be exactly the same, the film’s entirely different when it’s shown … Continue reading Born On This Day — June 27, 1941
Colorado rancher Kirk Hanna was the ideal cowboy: tall, dark, and handsome, complete with a Tom Selleck mustache and a white Stetson hat. But Hanna was much more than your average cowboy. He was a progressive concerned with ecology and … Continue reading HANNA RANCH
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