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Zach Campbell

Zach Campbell runs the Substack Attendance Optional.

Carlito's Way

Review: Carlito’s Way

by Zach Campbell
September 9, 2006

In its own way, the film is just as stylized a take on the crime genre as something like Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy.

Mission: Impossible

Review: Mission: Impossible

by Zach Campbell
September 1, 2006

Unlike most action films, Mission: Impossible’s distinct appeal operates not so much on suspense but on improbability.

Get to Know Your Rabbit

Review: Get to Know Your Rabbit

by Zach Campbell
August 23, 2006

It’s some of the seldom-seen UFOs in Brian De Palma’s career that can dramatically alter one’s perception of his work.

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

Review: The Crime of Monsieur Lange

by Zach Campbell
March 27, 2005

The film is an exemplum of Jean Renoir’s skill at linking narratives of complex human beings to progressive sociopolitical readings.

The Ballad of Narayama

Review: The Ballad of Narayama

by Zach Campbell
September 2, 2004

However you slice up postwar Japanese cinema, Shohei Imamura is one of its premiere figures.

The Lickerish Quartet

Review: The Lickerish Quartet

by Zach Campbell
July 21, 2004

The Lickerish Quartet’s schematics embody a playful brand of high modernism.

Dead Man

Review: Dead Man

by Zach Campbell
May 25, 2004

Like most great westerns, Dead Man holds the American West and its (white) inhabitants up to close scrutiny.

Lancelot du Lac

DVD Review: Robert Bresson’s Lancelot du Lac on New Yorker Video

by Zach Campbell Ed Gonzalez
May 25, 2004

For Bresson fans, this DVD edition of the film is as good as it gets for now at least.

Lancelot du Lac

Review: Lancelot du Lac

by Zach Campbell
February 8, 2004

One could say that the film is about nothing more than the clanging of armor or the movements of legs.

Only Angels Have Wings

Review: Only Angels Have Wings

by Zach Campbell
October 2, 2003

The film organizes its space within a nodal web of slightly claustrophobic locations, always shrouded in fog or cigarette smoke.

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