Posts Tagged ‘François Truffaut’
Film Review – Moonlight
Moonlight (2016) does the thing that many great pictures do: it places us right into the mindset of a character and lets us see the world through their eyes. I’m not a black man, I didn’t grow up in the rough areas of Miami, and…
READ MOREFilm Review – De Palma
When it comes to the films of writer, director Brian De Palma there’s an automatic, overt sense of film making on the face of each one that typically it garners an immediate and strong response from viewers. For most of my life I have only…
READ MOREFilm Review – Hitchcock/Truffaut
Film lovers are a varied bunch with the medium being a subjective experience that allows for every opinion to have its own perspective. And while it’s hard to find a movie to objectively agree on, it’s probably equally as hard to objectively disagree that one…
READ MOREFilm Review – Oscar Nominated Shorts (Animated)
While most people will be focusing on the big nominees at the Academy Awards (Picture, Director, etc.), one area that deserves more attention is the short film categories. Short films are an excellent way for artists to hone their craft and experiment. There’s more room…
READ MOREEpisode 232 – Alien Movies
In honor of the release of Dark Skies, Spencer and Greg discuss alien movies.
READ MOREEpisode 203 – Steven Spielberg
In honor of the release of Lincoln, Spencer and Greg discuss Steven Spielberg.
READ MOREBird Watching – Considering the Greatest-Ever Films By Women
In the wake of last week’s release of the Sight & Sound list of the Greatest Films of All Time for 2012—a list that comes out once a decade, and is generated by collecting the opinions of hundreds of film critics—a conversation cropped up about…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – L’Atalante
There are good filmmakers, there are great filmmakers, and then there’s Jean Vigo. In the history of great directors that have come and gone, Jean Vigo’s name stands in a class all its own. Very few directors have made such an impression on me with…
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