There is a particular part of this hour-long documentary that displays the unconditional love that existed between Demy and Varda — both in the obvious but also through subtext.…
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To me, Persona is something very extraordinary. It is a collection of my life's encounters and breathtaking work of cinema.…
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Clouds of Sils Maria forms an ultimate thesis of Assayas as a filmmaker and an outward-looking critique of the culture. It proposes that the author is a phoenix, destined to die and be reborn in the cycle of cultural evaluation and re-evaluation.…
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Nobuhiko Obayashi's 1977 'House' is a mind-boggling ghostly extravaganza.…
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The camera moves and swirls like a vessel of fate itself. It watches over, takes part in, mourns with, and celebrates.…
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When viewed through a queer lens, Llewyn becomes a more sympathetic character.…
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Criterion Collection, Spine #879…
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Advertisements The Graduate opens with a party. But instead of a joyous celebration, we find a nervous, claustrophobic Ben (Dustin Hoffman), lost in a sea of his parents’ friends. He’s ambushed; hands reach from out of frame to pull and push and…
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Advertisements If you read my Meet the Staff piece, you saw La La Land atop my (arbitrary) list of favorite films. Director Damien Chazelle cites The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as one of the greatest influences on his film, which was how I was exposed to Jacques…
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