Warner has outfitted this classic tale of teenage angst and rebellion with a stellar transfer.
The body of Ray’s best work reveals a laudable consistency of viewpoint, thematic cohesion, and aesthetic distinctiveness.
There are more than a few middling films sandwiched between a couple of genuinely striking stories of postwar paranoia.
Stewart Stern is best known for writing the screenplay to the seminal American classic, Rebel Without a Cause.
And now I must go. I am late to an E! press conference featuring Ryan Seacrest.
The reds and blues are as saturated as they should be, though there is sometimes loss of detail in the night scenes.
Giant still has a reputation as a fine film, and it will no doubt go on boring audiences forever and a day, and then another day after that.
Giant defines the word interminable, and watching it just once is guaranteed to lop at least a year off your life.
The poetic longing for connection in Ray’s film will always feel timeless.