Tag Archives: film history
One Against All
By Andreas Two very different movies, a western and a film noir, blossomed from the paranoia of the early 1950s with identical scenarios. In each film, a lone lawman sees an Absolute Evil that he’s morally compelled to fight. (In … Continue reading
Lost in termination
In the inaugural piece for her new GQ series “The New Canon,” Natasha Vargas-Cooper writes the following: Whether reverence for movies from a bygone era is rooted in merit, nostalgia, or neurosis about film being an inferior medium to literature, … Continue reading
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The Wizard of Winnipeg
By Andreas [This post is my contribution to the Maddin-est Blogathon in the World! Contest, being hosted by Fandor's Keyframe blog.] Q: Why is Guy Maddin one of the world’s greatest living directors? A: Because he finds cinema’s future in … Continue reading
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Link Dump: #26
This kitty, about to nom some spilled jam, is from Chuck Russell’s 1988 remake of The Blob. It has a couple kitties, which are used (like this one) mostly as jump scares. Thankfully, none of them die—which is surprising, since … Continue reading
More Faces of Bela Lugosi
Long ago, I started a movie-by-movie tribute to Bela Lugosi. Now, as we conclude what would’ve been his 128th birthday, I’d finally like to continue this series with a few more roles. (For what it’s worth, I learned that The … Continue reading
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