For many, it’s the greatest of all time. But when it was released 80 years ago, Citizen Kane was a death sentence. The movie’s director and star, Orson Welles, came to Hollywood by way of the stage and radio with a contract … Continue reading CITIZEN KANE
He was a filmmaker, an actor, a novelist, a playwright, and a revolutionary. He made one of the most profitable and overlooked independent films of all time. He was Melvin Van Peebles, a titan of American filmmaking, and he died … Continue reading Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the new reboot/sequel Candyman (out now in wide release), the spectacular After Life (out now on Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection), and … Continue reading
You don’t know it at first, but this is purgatory. Well, a way station might be a better description. Regardless, all the clients who arrive are deceased, and it’s up to the clerks to get them to the next place. … Continue reading AFTER LIFE (ワンダフルライフ)
Two men wait outside a church. They are armed and tasked with an assassination mission. The mark approaches, and the men leap into action, gunning their target down as he opens the doors to the chapel. Mission accomplished. The date: … Continue reading ASHES AND DIAMONDS (POPIÓL I DIAMENT)
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Old, now in theaters, and Working Girls, recently restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection. Listen to After Image, Fridays … Continue reading
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Zola, out now in limited release, Pickup on South Street (recently restored and on Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection), and Safety Last!, … Continue reading
Call Marlon Riggs whatever you want. He describes himself as an “independent documentary producer,” but if you want to call him a Black gay filmmaker, fine. “If you want to say gay Black, fine. If you want to say Black … Continue reading The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs
It was the 1960s, and revolution was in the air. For French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, cinema was the way to express ideas artistic, political, and otherwise. He opened the decade with Breathless, a free-flowing anarchic take on cinematic language that was … Continue reading MASCULIN FÉMININ
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