It’s the story of boy meets girl, but it’s all mixed up. He’s Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a married man with kids. She is Marianne (Anna Karina), the babysitter. But they are not strangers; they’ve known each other for years: Four … Continue reading PIERROT LE FOU
Multi-hyphenate Armando Iannucci might be the best working satirist today (all seven seasons of Veep are streaming on HBO Max and DirecTV). His take on the transfer of power in the USSR circa 1953 is so loaded with jokes you have to … Continue reading THE DEATH OF STALIN
One of the cinematic highlights of 2020 was the TCM broadcast premier of Mark Cousins’ 14-hour docuseries, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema. Now the series comes to Kanopy for those who do not have the cable … Continue reading WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA
So you can’t go to the movies. Looks like the movies will just have to come to you, and The Criterion Collection has an essential from the early days of the American independent film scene, Girlfriends on Blu-Ray and DVD: … Continue reading This week in Film — GIRLFRIENDS
Had it up to here with feel good stories and emotional pick-me-ups? Feeling down in the dumps and wanting a little company? Ready to scream into the infinite until even your echo vanishes? Well, do I have some movies for … Continue reading This week in Film — Existential cinema and THE STRANGER
After a few weeks off from the weekly grind of the newspaper business, I’m back and making up for the absence in running time: 450 minutes, more or less, with the restored release of the Hungarian masterpiece, Sátántangó. Based on … Continue reading This week in Film — SÁTÁNTANGÓ and slow cinema
