note: Here there be spoilers
By now it is cliche to label a Terrence Malick film a “visual poem,” but in the case of To The Wonder, that is what it is. Malick’s cinematic eye defers to poetry more …{read more}
Review – Searching for Sugar Man
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Searching For Sugarman (2012)
4 stars
A documentary about the mysterious Rodriguez, the singer/songwriter who released the album Cold Fact in 1970. Directed by Swedish-British filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul, this is a well told underdog story that left me in happy …{read more}
Review – The Treasures of Bruce Lee
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I confess, I’m kind of new to Bruce Lee. That’s not to say I haven’t heard of him, it’s just that I don’t know a whole lot about him. I’ve seen a couple of his movies, which I liked. And, …{read more}
Terrence Malick, Badlands and Caril Fugate: An Interview
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Photos courtesy of Jeff McArthur (All Rights Reserved)
Jeff McArthur is the author of Pro Bono: The 18-Year Defense of Caril Fugate. Mr. McArthur’s grandfather, John C. McArthur, defended Caril Fugate in her trial for her part in the Starkweather …{read more}
How Dennis Hopper Conquered the American Century
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Dennis Hopper’s extensive filmography is filled with an array of painfully bad films. His early career saw him appear in any number of B-Movies and exploitation flicks; his late eighties/early nineties excursion into mainstream blockbusters such as Super Mario Bros …{read more}
The Biggest Mystery in Hollywood History
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“An author should have no other biography than his books.”
“The biography of a creative man is completely unimportant.”
- B. Traven
Warner Brothers bought the novel THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE in 1941 with John Huston in mind …{read more}
Down by Law: The Loneliness of Jim Jarmusch
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Not that it would make any difference. But if only for the sake of morale, you are willing to admit that it’s a welcome shade of orange that breaks east at the horizon of what has been a roughandtumble one …{read more}
(Revisiting) Mondo Hollywood
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At midnight on June 10, 2006, in a special event for the Moondance Film Festival, The Chaplin Theater (5300 Melrose Ave) in Los Angeles will be presenting the digitally-enhanced Director’s cut of Mondo Hollywood. Written, produced, directed and edited …{read more}
The Last Waltz Considered
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The Last Waltz was a revolutionary documentary. It was the first concert movie shot in 35 mm, the record of a celebration of the Band’s last concert on the site of their first show as The Band. It is the …{read more}
