At this writing, Last Year At Marienbad’s place in cinematic history seems an uncertain one, and understandably so.
The film is a could-have-been camp classic, the tragic victim of an inability to revel in its own sense of humor.
Fleshy, often blowsy, and intrinsically good-humored, Joan Blondell was a Warner Bros. dame of all trades.
Brian Kellow is nicely attuned to the soft/tough dichotomy in Merman. Here was a woman capable of sympathizing with her friend Judy Garland’s illness, yet blind to her own daughter’s needs.
A landmark year for me as well as for the movies.
By the end of “Unconfirmed Reports,” all of the pieces for The Wire’s final season are on the board.
With the game out of the way and their coach headed for the unemployment line, it’s a safe bet that we’ve seen the last of the Laribee Lions story arc.
Though it probably amounts to the equivalent of cinematic racism, I can’t stand fanboys.
Daniel Clowes showcases the boundless formalistic possibilities of telling stories through comics.
Top 10 lists are an exercise in futility, scenester-ism and dick-measuring.
My obsession with David Byrne and company, as so often happens with me, started with a movie.
It seems a little strange to call Tsai Ming-liang the filmmaker of the year.
Each season of The Wire has introduced us to a different Baltimore institution.
David Simon, the creator of The Wire, likes to take a few episodes each season to set his stage.
I have some mild reservations about where Riggins’ storyline is going, but no matter what, I’m really looking forward to seeing Taylor Kitsch step up as an actor.
Joan Crawford deserves a Renaissance more than any other actor I can think of.
The film is a black comedy with an upbeat, politically nondenominational message.
All That Jazz combines Bob Fosse’s choreographic showmanship and his cool filmmaking detachment.
Zellweger’s generic, front-page-ready, girl-next-door smile is outshone by the desperation in Minnelli’s eyes when Sally sings.
Bob Fosse’s film is the story of a willful artistic transformation.