In 1985, Jean-Luc Godard—the enfant terrible of the French New Wave—and the Israeli producer Menahem Golan signed a contract on a cocktail napkin: the story of King Lear, written by Norman Mailer, filmed by Godard, ready for the following year’s … Continue reading KING LEAR
Annette begins with a proclamation: “Breathing will not be tolerated.” What follows is meant to be taken in whole. For if you were to take it bit by bit, the whole thing would fall apart. Only totality can save Annette. Though I’m … Continue reading ANNETTE
A director only makes one movie in his life. Then he breaks it up and makes it again. —Jean Renoir That quote applies to many who step behind the camera but fits few quite as snuggly as it does the … Continue reading Leos Carax
Michael J. Cinema 