Blogs about Movies

The other day, I saw Alex and The Gypsy, a 1976 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Geneviève Bujold. It is a long-forgotten film that I had never seen before. Alex (Lemmon), a bail bondsman, …

1. Close Your Eyesby Victor Erice"The unluckiest filmmaker in the world," was how Ben Sachs described Victor Erice. The funding cut or witheld entirely for projects realized and unrealized, years without financing, dear friends dying …

“I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.” — Saul Bass The Art of the Title – That’s Saul, Folks!Psycho. Vertigo. North by Northwest. Goodfellas. Casino. You’ve seen his work, but do you …

It’s a sign of the times that the few film reviews I wrote since the beginning of the year dealt with Israel and Palestine. For me, it’s consequential. In difficult times, in conflicts and war, …

This popular annual event returns to KCL on 17th May 2024. This one day event features a range of papers of original research in all areas of film culture in Britain and areas affected by …

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by Cláudio Alves Céline Dion sings from the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony. After hours of badly shot kitsch, much Parisian rain, and the occasional surge of Revolutionary camp complete with flamethrowers, …

Tense, emotional climate science-fiction that doesn’t quite come together by Kevin Fox, Jr. This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered …

An avant-garde sketch comedy omnibus, eyewash color field flashes between segments. My dream is to make a new version of this that isn’t annoying to watch, divide the four hours into eight episodes, and sell …

If we were to chart Roger Corman’s engagement with socio-political issues in his work upon some kind of hypothetical scale, then at the opposite end of it from the uncomfortably effective The Intruder, we would …

The film is intent on the present, an element of the fifties go-getter types and the emergence of the organization man. The stress on “man” comes during post-World War II[...] The post <em>Murder by Contract</em>: …

Presented in honor of Bugs' 84th birthday, the special anchors a day of animated programming dedicated to the classic Looney Tunes star.

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Banksy, Walled Off (2023) Like most Americans, my understanding of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict was shaped by a dangerously inadequate public school education along with government and …

The End Of America presents the ten step blueprint that Hitler and other dictators used to subvert democratic process and put an end to personal freedoms. It compares, step by step, events leading up to …

Why, You No-Good Dirty –The first feature-length work from Theo Anthony, Rat Film [2016] strikes me as one of the great films of the last ten years. Fabulous comprehensive essay in the booklet accompanying the …

(1980) Directed by Max Kalmanowicz; Written by Carlton J. Albright and Edward Terry; Starring: Martin Shakar, Gil Rogers, Gale Garnett, Shannon Bolin, Tracy Griswold; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: *** “Ed (Terry) and I …

The 77th Cannes Film Festival concluded with a shift to the new generation. Notable awards went to Sean Baker's Anora and Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof The Seed of the Sacred Fig. The post Cannes 2024: …

Edward Dmytryk - 1964 KL Studio Classics BD Region A There is an inspired moment in The Carpetbaggers where the camera rests on the entry to a bathroom in a mansion. George Peppard is seen …

What We Do In The Shadows, S05 E09Some crazy vampirical plotting is afoot.