On Film, Movies, Cinema

  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Stanley Kubrick’s “The Killing” (1956): Misanthropy Run Amok

"The Killing" makes murder a spectacle, something beautiful, peopled with a group of ne'er-do-wells whose destruction we will undoubtedly enjoy.

3 years ago
  • Reading Journal

Cynthia Ozick’s “Trust”: Exegesis | Tom Hanks on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Ruminations on Cynthia Ozick's knotty, profound prose counterposed to some armchair commentary on Tom Hanks' eminently forgettable appearance on the…

3 years ago
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Denis Villeneuve’s “Incendies” (2010): Seeking Expiation

In Denis Villeneuve's 2010 film "Incendies" siblings seek a brother and father never known to deliver letters from their recently…

3 years ago
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

René Clément’s “Forbidden Games” (1952): Mourning as Indifference

"Forbidden Games" (1952) tells a story of how children, uninitiated in the rituals of mourning, recognize the loss of those…

3 years ago
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Ain’t it cool?!: “John Wick” (2014)

The culture of the exotic, fascinating underworld thrills us in "John Wick," not merely the well-choreographed gun-fu.

3 years ago
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

“Collateral” (2004): Notes on Michael Mann and Modern Urban Space

Notes on the debt to "Miami Vice," the treatment of urban space, and stylistic gunplay in Michael Mann's 2004 film…

3 years ago
  • Viewing Journal

Joseph Losey’s “Accident” (1967): Elliptical yet fascinating

"Accident" narrates the sexual and professional tensions between an Oxford philosophy professor, his colleague, and his students, in events leading…

4 years ago
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Joseph Losey’s “The Servant” (1963): Master/Slave Dialectic Demonstrated

"The Servant" takes the traditional roles between gentleman and manservant and submits them to great artistic violence.

4 years ago
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

“Marauders” (on Netflix now) is Sooooo Bad

The 2016 film "Marauders" is a gunplay and bank robbery story that is not so bad that it's good.

4 years ago
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

“Sudden Fear” (1952): Neither sudden nor fearful

"Sudden Fear" tells the tale of a playwright that married the wrong man and was almost written out of the…

4 years ago