Wednesday, August 3 2011
100 Essential Directors - Kenneth Anger
100 Essential Directors celebrates directors of distinct vision, who have honed their respective crafts, who have brought something new and exciting to the medium, and who continue to push the boundaries of the form.
Tuesday, August 2 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 1: Chantal Akerman - Bernardo Bertolucci
Neurotic New Yorkers, Queer Mavericks, Swedish close-ups and the art of putting a microphone on every person on set are but a few of the themes explored in PopMatters' first group of ten essential directors, Chantal Akerman through Bernardo Bertolucci. Please note that any perceived omissions were likely on purpose...
Friday, November 2 2007
Looking Back at Anger, or, We Always Have Paris
Anger's films are suffused with the stuff of the Romantic Id: dream-logic, transgressive eroticism and taboo subjects, attention to color and music, literary references, religous and mythical elements, experimental editing and superimpositions.
Monday, March 5 2007
The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1 (1947)
Anger can be seen not only as the godfather of queer cinema, but also of indie cinema: his budgets were virtually non-existent, and the production values might have been low; but the finished products were always regarded as works of art.
Monday, March 1 2004
Disinformation: The Complete Series
Disinformation is a lot like the Weekly World News as written by James Randi and the staff of The Skeptical Enquirer.
