I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap heard ’round the world” wasn’t it—though that cast a pall over the proceedings, didn’t it?—but the … Continue reading Cinema 101
What does it take to make a masterpiece? Not something merely good, but among the greatest of all time. Meaningful not just to the time and place it was produced, but to the time and place with which it is … Continue reading Top Ten Territory
In 1975, a movie about a killer shark terrorizing the waters surrounding a New England island hit theaters. That may not sound like much, but it was a massive success. Massive isn’t even the word for it: The movie broke … Continue reading JAWS
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with film critic and author Josh Larsen about this year’s iteration of Ebert Interruptus at the Conference on World Affairs. The movie: Jaws. The time: 3 p.m. April 6-9. The place: … Continue reading
If a picture is worth a thousand words and a film is 24-pictures a second, then a movie contains words beyond words of capable comprehension. That’s why when we think of a movie, we zero in on digestible bits—moments, lines, … Continue reading SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
Summer Movies: 30 Sun-Drenched Classicsby John MalahyRunning Press, 199 pp., Hardcover, $24.00 ($30.00 Canada)On sale now For all intents and purposes, the summer movie season began in 1975 with the release of Jaws. Set during Fourth of July weekend on the … Continue reading SUMMER MOVIES: 30 SUN-DRENCHED CLASSICS
Being a movie-maker means you get to live many, many lifetimes. It’s the same reason audiences go to movies, I think. When my daughter Sasha was 5 years old, we would be watching something on TV and she’d point to … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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