Book Review by Brandon Konecny. Since academia’s interest in cinema as an art form, philosophers have frequently proven to be some of the most insightful voices on the subject. Alain Badiou’s Cinema, accordingly, offers such an instance. For the first time in an English translation, the French philosopher’s over 50 […]
Life with Betty White: Performing the Authentic Proto-Feminist in Pioneering Early Television
August 6, 2013
By Gwendolyn Audrey Foster. Betty White has always been ahead of her time. This has been both a blessing and a curse. Most people, even scholars who specialize in television history, have little to no knowledge of the importance of Betty White in early live television, in the invention of […]
Berlinale 2013 Festival Report
August 2, 2013
By Steven Yates. There have been mutterings on the inside (chiefly from journalists and critics) that the Berlinale has become somewhat predictable in recent years, particularly compared to its immediate annual predecessor Rotterdam. For a long while now, with undoubted conscientiousness, the Berlinale has programmed plentiful films from the war […]
Fruitvale Station (2013)
August 1, 2013
By Jacob Mertens. I cannot write a review for Fruitvale Station without having the recent verdict of the George Zimmerman trial dig at my sides, seeking some corresponding resonance. The risk here is that I let Ryan Coogler’s film become something more than it ought to be: a simple portrait […]
Upside Down (2012)
July 31, 2013
By Kimberly Behzadi. Upside Down follows the love story of two young people pulled apart by opposing forces. After a floundering theatrical release in early March this year, the film, written and directed by Juan Diego Solanas, has found a small following on the digital platform and is available on […]
Ice (1970) & Milestones (1975)
July 30, 2013
By Celluloid Liberation Front. “No hungry man who is also sober can be persuaded to use his last dollar for anything but food. But a well-fed, well-clad, well-sheltered and otherwise well-tended person can be persuaded as between an electric razor and an electric toothbrush. Along with prices and costs, consumer […]
Inside The Asylum: The Outlaw Studio That Changed Hollywood
July 25, 2013
By Wheeler Winston Dixon. “Anyone can make a $100 million dollar movie, but to shoot a feature film in 12-14 days, with a budget that’s probably less than the phone bill on a major studio film is monumental. To do it every four weeks and then release the film three […]
What Maisie Knew (2013)
July 24, 2013
By Jacob Mertens. “It was to be the fate of this patient little girl to see much more than, at first, she understood, but also, even at first, to understand much more than any little girl, however patient, had perhaps ever understood before. Only a drummer-boy in a ballad or […]
The Wolverine (2013)
July 23, 2013
By Cleaver Patterson. Comic-book characters must be a Hollywood dream. A film featuring one, if a hit, is a potential goldmine—with the possibility of limitless prequels, sequels, spinoffs and merchandising opportunities, it is a virtual license to print money. Even if a film is not a success, all the studio […]
I Remember Me: an interview with Carl Reiner
July 23, 2013
By Amy R Handler. Behind every outstanding man, there’s an even more brilliant woman, and the legendary comedian, writer, director and actor, Carl Reiner agrees wholeheartedly. Of his late wife, and dearest friend, Estelle Lebost Reiner, Carl Reiner proudly admits that Estelle taught him everything he knows. I had the […]