The Soul of the Balkans in Ulysses’ Gaze
Theo Angelopoulos occupies a niche and very specific place in the history of cinema: his presence as a titan andContinue Reading
Tag: Roger Ebert
Malcolm X’s World, and the World Around Us
“I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believeContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of October 2020
Video on Demand By Alex Sitaras October means Halloween, and for this reason it would be remiss if we didn’tContinue Reading
Hope and Humanism in Yi Yi
“Movies are so lifelike – that’s why we love them” The last time I wrote about Edward Yang‘s Yi YiContinue Reading
“I’ll See You At The Movies”: Roger Ebert and Life Itself
Without Roger Ebert, I never would have dreamed of writing about movies. Just as he was for countless others, RogerContinue Reading
The Films of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Five years since the passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman, we look back at the career of the gone much tooContinue Reading
Ben McDonald’s Top 10 Criterion Films
This month, a number of our critics share their 10 favorite titles from the Criterion Collection in celebration of theContinue Reading
mother!
At the beginning of Pauline Kael’s review of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, she uses a quote she overheard after aContinue Reading
Loving ★★½
Apart from Paterson’s, Loving’s press conference was perhaps the most thoughtful and sincere press conference offered at the 2016 CannesContinue Reading
Dekalog (Blu-ray release)
Dekalog is a work which can not be easily compared to any other filmmaking effort. In director Krzystof Kieślowski’s filmography,Continue Reading
