They’re all sort of home movies—a vacation documented… —Orson Welles to Peter Bogdanovich Paris, February 1955: Orson Welles is trying to get a staged version of Moby Dick off the ground. Enter English writer Wolf Mankowitz. Armed with means, Mankowitz convinces Welles … Continue reading AROUND THE WORLD WITH ORSON WELLES
It’s that time of year again. The roads are packed, the lines at the sandwich shops quadruple, electrical outlets at Starbucks become a scarce commodity, and Boulder is flooded with 30,000 hungry young minds ready to change the world. School … Continue reading Continuing Excellence: Previewing the Fall 2015 International Film Series
Earlier this week, BBC Culture released its lists of “The 100 greatest American films” from a poll of 62 international film critics. The results weren’t surprising—what was left off caused more discussion—with the usual suspects: Citizen Kane, Vertigo, The Godfather, The Searchers, 2001, etc., topping … Continue reading THE THIRD MAN
They’re all disappointments in the end. You only see the things you wish you had done. In the theatre you can take a play and then change it on tour or cut it down, but once you have finished a … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 30, 1906
In time I believe we shall get away from the eternal happy ending – it is difficult to get an audience really interested in the problems of the two main characters of a story when they know in the end … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Michael J. Cinema 