Heat

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Sumptuously Reading, Watching, Viewing: May 2023

Reading 15th- and 16th-century lit and watching contemporary, 21st-century film. Greatest hits: Heat (1995), Montaigne, Shakespeare (immer wieder).

1 year 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
  • 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