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Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour
With each viewing of Luis Bunuel’s classic film, Bell de Jour, the power of the film seems to just get stronger. And, as Criterion has released a pristine and fully restored original version of the...
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Ken Russell’s Lisztomania: Curious Cinematic Error
Ken Russell1927 – 2011Photograph | 1988 ©Vestron Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection When I think of British film director, Ken Russell, a number of words immediately come into my mind. The words or...
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Werner Herzog: The Crazy Genius
Werner HerzogPhotograph | Bil Zelman I spend far too much of my time walking the beach and The Haight. In fact, in recent months many of the folks who work at Amoeba Records in San Francisco have come...
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Where Stars Make Dreams And Dreams Make Stars or David Lynch’s Inland Empire
Laura Dern as a woman in deep trouble…INLAND EMPIREDavid Lynch, 2006 There is an early key scene in David Lynch’s Inland Empire. It is between one of several characters played by Laura Dern and another...
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How Can I Just Pick 10? or My Favorite Movies Released in 2015
One of the best films to screen in 2015 will not be released to cinemas until next year. The Witch Robert Eggers, 2015 Yes, I know there are more than a couple of movies coming out before the...
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Completely Out of Control! or Eyes of Laura Mars
One can’t help but wonder what might have happened if John Carpenter had filmed his own script of Eyes of Laura Mars. It is a rather silly question as he did not film his own script. Instead that duty...
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Pushing Against Fear or Dealing With Identity Disordered
People always ask me why I like such dark and often surreal movies. For me, these strange cinematic explorations into the darkest corners of the human mind act as a sort cathartic entertainment. But...
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Is That London Burning? Or Exploring The British New Wave from The Other Side...
Uh, oh. Trouble is coming from all sides as Ken Russell takes British Film into the 1970’s. Despite on-going demand, Time Warner still refuses to allow us to take a full-on second look back. Britain’s...
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The Dot As Identity or The Films of Jane Arden and Jack Bond
Watching, thinking and studying from all perspectives.SeparationJane ArdenJack Bond, 1968Cinematography| Aubrey Dewar & David Muir The collaborative work between artists and lovers, Jack Bond and...
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Male Cinematic Perspective of Female Psychology or What It Feels Like For A Girl
There was once a time when Madonna presented ideas far deeper than that of “Pop Star.” While those days seem to have past, many of the ideas she presented and asserted remain. Lucky for us a female...
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Editing To Mimic The Mind’s Eye Vision
At this moment, it was still very much style over substance. But this would soon change.PerformanceDonald Cammell / Nicolas Roeg, 1970Cinematography | Nicolas Roeg Having the opportunity to interview...
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Criminals, Whores and Outsiders Or The Magic of Christopher Doyle
He might not be the first name that pops into the minds of cinephiles, but Christopher Doyle is one of the most important cinematographers working. When he is behind the camera, the film’s world...
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Notorious! Scandalous! Wild! or Ken Russell’s Crimes of Passion and Salome’s...
Uh, oh…Crimes of PassionKen Russell, 1984Cinematography | Dick Bush I have always hated being told what to do. I prefer to be the boss. My blog is my own as and so are the opinions expressed within it....
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Above, Under, Near, Inside, Outside and Lost in the Surroundings
“We know that behind every image revealed there is another image more faithful to reality, and in the back of that image there is another, and yet another behind the last one, and so on, up to the true...
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A Beautiful Cinematic Error or Fellini’s Casanova
When the infamous Vincent Canby reviewed Fellini’s Casanova he spent some time praising what he saw. It almost feels as though he wanted to like flawed movie, but as he reached his closing summation he...
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The Vapor of My Melancholy Or The Destruction of An Upper-Class Family
One too many epiphanies had driven my resistance down. Feeling down had taken a sharp turn toward depression. I had pulled a blanket from the closet, turned out the lights, closed the blinds, took to...
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My Fave Films of 2016 (thus far)
2016 is now officially in the fast lane toward its end. I wanted to come up with my list of the movies that have most impressed me and discovered that very few films released this year have really...
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Neon-Noir Or Reflecting Cultural Commentary or Neon Space in Film
Master cinematographer, Christopher Doyle, was asked to comment on the way neon lights and lighting have impacted his work. As as part of the online exhibition from Mobile M+ and NEONSIGNS.HK, he...
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Dangerous Rabbits or Johan Liedgren’s The Very Private Works Of Sister K
Johan Liedgren’s latest film, The Very Private Work of Sister K, begins with a priest telling a story. He is doing so at the request of a young nun who sits at the end of a table. It’s the tale of a...
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Absurdity, Love and The Void or Zulawski’s Final Film
“I shall tell of another adventure that is all the more strange...” — Witold Gombrowicz, 1965 A film by Andrzej ZulawskiVictoria GuerraCosmosAndrzej Zulawski, 2015Cinematography | Andre Szankowski This...
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