Tuesday, April 28 2009
‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’: Check, Please
I hate it when a film takes a brilliant literary work and turns it into what it thinks the literary work should be.
Monday, January 26 2009
Breakfast At Tiffany’s: Paramount Centennial Collection
In many respects, this is a love letter to a tony, cosmopolitan New York which perhaps never existed, a Big Apple devoid of muggings, racial strife, or transit strikes.
Monday, October 13 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 1
Day One - A trip back to the classic days of studio system Hollywood, complete with great musicals, amazing adventure yarns, and a couple of post-modern freak outs, just to keep things controversial and lively.
Tuesday, October 7 2003
The Bedford Incident (1965)
Addresses the danger inherent in the military hierarchy and social isolation.
Monday, July 21 2003
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
More troubling than the melodramatic disintegration of Jonas' personal life is The Carpetbaggers' depiction of Hollywood's exploitation of female sexuality.
Monday, June 23 2003
Two Evil Eyes (Due occhi diabolici) (1990)
Romero's films often feature a family that is fragile, a prime target for destructive forces.
Tuesday, June 17 2003
Little Big Man (1970)
It didn't just dispel the cloudless America of Westerns past -- it dismembered the genre, threw the parts in a trench, and spit on the tombstone.
Thursday, August 1 2002
Cuba (1979/2002)
The idea that an individual, like Robin Hood, could stand up for the rights of the oppressed comes across as a pleasant fantasy, worthy of song and legend, but devoid of the means to stand up against state power.
