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
Are you a mod or a rocker? Ladies and Gentlemen… The Beatles!” On Feb. 9, 1964, Ed Sullivan introduced America to four lads from Liverpool, and teenagers erupted into one giant senseless scream that lasted until 1969. For 10 minutes, … Continue reading A HARD DAY’S NIGHT
Watching one’s own work is painful… It doesn’t matter what the film is. In a way, films are all little tombstones laid end to end with a bit of filler tape holding them together. —Richard Lester Continue reading Born On This Day — January 19, 1932
If we can make films that are useful as well as entertaining, marvelous. But cinema must reflect the temper of the times. We must choose material not only on the basis of whether we feel deeply, but on whether or … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, January 19, 2013
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