The films of Federico Fellini are gateways into the more impenetrable corners of European cinema. And La Strada, his fourth feature film, was the first to set him on the path from Italian neorealism to his own personal style—one that can … Continue reading LA STRADA
A while back my good friend Pablo Kjølseth—the master behind CU-Boulder’s International Film Series—asked me to guest write a post for TCM’s Movie Morlocks, now retitled Streamline in conjunction with FilmStruck. I chose to write about one of Federico Fellini’s … Continue reading LA STRADA
Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can’t teach old fleas new dogs. It’s absolutely impossible to improvise. Making a movie is a mathematical operation. It is … Continue reading Born On This Day — January 20, 1920
Michael J. Cinema 