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Robert Altman (An Introduction)
Pauline Kael shimmied past saying anything nasty about Robert Altman’s Images by declaring him a one-hit-one-miss director. That may be one of the ultimate truths about his career, in that very few filmmakers of his caliber led such a charmed life, … Continue reading
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Robert Aldrich (An Introduction)
Along with Raoul Walsh, Andre de Toth, Samuel Fuller, Budd Boetticher, Robert Aldrich is an exemplary director of the “cinema of American toughness.” While even the most casual of movie buffs have at least seen Kiss Me Deadly or The … Continue reading
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Tagged ...All the Marbles, 4 for Texas, Andre de Toth, Apache, Attack!, auteurism, Autumn Leaves, Big Leaguer, Budd Boetticher, Emperor of the North, Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte, Hustle, Kiss Me Deadly, Netflix Instant, Raoul Walsh, Robert Aldrich, Samuel Fuller, Ten Seconds to Hell, The Angry Hills, The Big Knife, The Choirboys, The Dirty Dozen, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Grissom Gang, The Killing of Sister George, The Last Sunset, The Legend of Lylah Clare, The Longest Yard, Too Late the Hero, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Ulzana's Raid, Vera Cruz, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, World for Ransom, YouTube
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Chantal Akerman (An Introduction)
While she has made documentaries, romantic comedies, and even a period picture, Chantal Akerman is usually associated with the challenge and the thrill of “arthouse cinema,” with her 201-minute masterpiece, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles standing tall over a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Couch in New York, Almayer's Folly, Andy Warhol, auteurism, Chantal Akerman, D'Est, Hotel Monterey, Je tu il elle, Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles, La captive, La chambre, Les Rendez-Vous d'Anna, News from Home, Night and Day, Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 1960s in Brussels, The Golden Eighties, Tomorrow We Move
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Netflix Necessities, Whaddya Honking the Horn For Edition
With every round of expirations, Netflix brings in a host of new titles, some “new new,” some repeats (titles that had previously expired, now returning to the fold). As usual, I keep up with new stuff on Netflix by visiting … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Rohrwacher, auteurism, Bad Boys II, Beat, Billy Wilder, Bully, Corpo Celeste, Double Indemnity, Gary Walkow, Happy-Go-Lucky, Harvard, Howard Hawks, James Bridges, Jason Reitman, John Houseman, Jonathan Glazer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Larry Clark, Last of the Mohicans, Michael Bay, Michael Mann, Mike Leigh, Monkey Business, Netflix Instant, People Will Talk, Sexy Beast, Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Paper Chase, Young Adult
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Men in War (Anthony Mann, 1957)
“The threat seems to come not so much from the unseen enemy as from the landscape itself, made mystically hostile to human occupation; it picks up the psychological tensions of the men on patrol […] and returns them as landslides, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldo Ray, Anthony Mann, auteurism, Men in War, Robert Keith, Robert Ryan, war films
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A Girl in Every Port (Howard Hawks, 1928)
I don’t know if Hawks wrote this line, but I like it. A Girl in Every Port is the earliest Hawks film I’ve yet seen – I’m trying to track down the others, but they’re not readily available given my current … Continue reading
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Tagged A Girl in Every Port, auteurism, Howard Hawks, Louise Brooks, Red River, silent cinema, YouTube
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The Return of Jerry Lewis Directs
The other day I took a look at an obscure work by a director who is, in my tenacious opinion, one of the greatest artists in all the cinema: Jerry Lewis. Those of you who don’t know me and/or have … Continue reading
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Tagged auteurism, Brothers, Jerry Lewis, Showtime, television, The Bellboy, The Errand Boy, The Ladies' Man, The Nutty Professor, The Patsy, Three On a Couch
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New to Netflix: Bernie
One of Richard Linklater’s best-reviewed films in years – at least, since Me and Orson Welles – is now available to watch instantly on Netflix. Some good write-ups on the film can be found here and here.
Directors Who Can Do No Wrong #7: Carl Theodor Dreyer
From an auteurist standpoint, the great directors have the power to transform bad, lackluster, or cliched material into great art. But even the mightiest directors have had a few duds. Robert Altman’s Quintet is ignored by almost everyone; stalwart Fordians … Continue reading
theFilmsaurus recommendations 10/26
Today’s Year is 1991. Today’s Top Tier selection is A Brighter Summer Day (dir: Edward Yang)
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