Posts Tagged ‘Orson Welles’
Film Review – No Sudden Move
No Sudden Move (2021) is a terrific, pulp-noir throwback. It displays tight precision in front of and behind the camera, managing a rollercoaster of a plot. In lesser hands, this could have crumbled into messy incoherence. But in the hands of experienced professionals, it maintains…
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Episode 55 – Mank
For this episode of the podcast, we review the new David Fincher original Netflix film, Mank, based on the writing process that developed Citizen Kane. We also talk about the casting news behind Sony/Marvel‘s Spider-Man 3, and we discuss the future of post-Covid cinema. At…
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Film Review – Mank
It’s one thing to make a movie about a movie, it’s a whole other thing to make a movie about Citizen Kane (1941). It’s one of the most written about, analyzed, and debated films ever. Many consider it “The Greatest Film Ever Made,” and is often…
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Film Review – The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The title of The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) could also work as its central premise. It definitely features a house, a house that most certainly has a clock in its walls. You can’t get more straightforward than that. Written by Erick…
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Interview – Ethan Hawke and Ben Dickey – Blaze
In the 1999 article “A Walking Contradiction: The Legend of Blaze Foley,” “Lost John” Casner described his friend to author Lee Nichols of The Austin Chronicle as “a fighter for the things he believed in. Frankly, sometimes when he’d had too much to drink, he…
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Blu-Ray Review – Cat People (1942)
I avidly watch the physical media space with both curiosity and skepticism. Increasingly I find myself less and less drawn to discs when watching movies. The benefits such as better visual quality and additional special features just aren’t necessary most of the time (or appealing depending…
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An Appreciation – Metropolis
In 2008, one of the great discoveries in cinema lore took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hidden in a stack of canisters was a 16mm duplicate copy of Fritz Lang’s science fiction masterpiece, Metropolis (1927). Horribly scratched and weathered through time, it contained possibly the…
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Top 5 – Criterion Releases
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Ed share their top 5 Criterion releases. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote in our poll and share which one you think…
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