Tuesday, September 6 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 10: Josef Von Sternberg to Zhang Yimou
The final day of directors is here, Josef Von Sternberg through Zhang Yimou. German Expressionism, Dogme 95, contemporary views of Asian life, post-WWII malaise in Eastern Europe, and the alternately heartwarming and queer takes on everyday life in Baltimore all hold a space on today's list. Did we forget your favorite director on this list?
Thursday, February 3 2011
In the Air: Orson Welles’s Unfinished 1972 Film, ‘The Other Side of the Wind’
Wednesday, May 12 2010
Orson Welles Lied About This Book
Either the name on the cover or his denial of authorship is false. This is typical for Welles.
Thursday, May 6 2010
DVR Alert: Orson Welles Film Fest on Turner Classic Movies (6 May)
Welles was perhaps the best friend literature ever had in Hollywood.
Friday, February 5 2010
Orson Welles: A Man of a Certain Ego
“The chief proof of a man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. It argues... a power of comparison and of appreciation which is in itself proof of nobility.”
Friday, May 8 2009
Voyage of the Dammed
An affecting, if flawed, middlebrow drama about a seldom-discussed Depression-era tragedy.
Friday, March 20 2009
An Auteur’s Touch of Evil
The auteur is dead, long live the auteur: Orson Welles and Touch of Evil, 50 years on.
Thursday, August 2 2007
Malpertuis
The late great Orson Welles lends his “bear-like” presence to this 1972 thriller with just the “right bad taste".
