4451moanaJan 21, 20221 min readOn seeing 'The Bigamist' Ida Lupino (1953) (movie review)sympathetic midcentury portrayal of man not only marrying two women, but working as travelling salesman. no violence, no action, a lot of...
4451moanaJan 20, 20221 min readOn seeing 'The Stranger' Orson Welles (1946) (movie review)Less famous Orson Welles films are still better than most. Has that particular look, the chiarusco, the perspectives, the soundtrack, for...
4451moanaJan 19, 20221 min readOn seeing 'The Matrix Resurrections' (2022) (movie review)It is not The Matrix. It is not as unique, surprising, challenging (for blockbuster Hollywood movie). It is good resolution after the...
4451moanaDec 16, 20211 min readOne seeing 'The Frontier' (movie review)This movie is set in undefined period, though by fashion, cars, hairstyle, it seems mid-70s or earlier, is modern Neo-noir or pulp...
4451moanaDec 11, 20211 min readOn seeing part one of 'Dune' (movie review)My comics illustrator friend R saw it twice, raved about it, said it was beautiful, said that had he seen it at the age he saw Star Wars...
4451moanaNov 11, 20212 min readThe Fade Out, Act One (book review) Ed Brubaker (Writer), Sean Phillips (Artist, Letterer)(The Fade Out #1) 130719 first review: second reading. rather than review each act of ‘fade out’ separately, this will cover them all. i...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readBrief Encounter (book review) Richard Dyer(BFI Film Classics) ??? '90s: this is one of bfi classics series (british film institute) which are critical monographs on specific films....
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readGroundhog Day (book review) Ryan Gilbey(BFI Film Classics) ??? 2000s: this is one of my favorite films. this is why. i just read this again today, laughing in recollection....
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readFilm Art Phenomena (book review) Nicky Hamlyn??? 000s?: this is only for those who take film seriously as artistic potential. potential far beyond the common narrative films from...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readA Long Hard Look at Psycho (book review) Raymond Durgnat(BFI Film Classics) ??? 2010s?: not simply a cunningly crafted thriller, which loses its impact after one viewing, or an ur-text of...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readChris Marker: La Jet�e (book review) Janet Harbord290414: another favourite film. unlike anything you will ever see, this twenty-nine minute collection of black and white stills is...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readUn Chien Andalou (book review) Elza AdamowiczFrench Film Guide 041114: now I want to see it again- as if for the first time. no time for a david lynch film? music videos make too...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readThe Making of Stanley Kubrick’s '2001: A Space Odyssey' (book review) Piers BizonyM. Paris (Design) 110516: excellent source for everything about a favourite film, that i have seen many times, have on dvd, have read the...
4451moanaNov 9, 20212 min readFace Value (book review) Autumn Whitefield-MadranoThe Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives 230618: this is an excellent work on the getting, living, giving, of beauty. primarily by...
4451moanaNov 7, 20212 min readL'année dernière à Marienbad (book review) Alain Robbe-Grillet300419: great. remember reading it in english when 18 or 19, finally seeing the film in montreal at 24. but it is this cine-roman that...
4451moanaNov 7, 20213 min readDeleuze on Cinema (book review) Ronald Bogue200515: this is the best of several recent books read on deleuze. this does not mean it is an easier read, as once again this rating...
4451moanaNov 6, 20212 min readGilles Deleuze (book review) Paola MarratiCinema and Philosophy Alisa Hartz(Translator) 110116: once again: brilliant. this is one of those short short books of nonfiction that...