by Cineccentric Critics July 25, 2018 Number of comments0 July Theme Month The Cuckoo Clock In Conversation: A Matter of Life and Death A discussion of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s A Matter of Life and Death between two of our critics inContinue Reading
by Ben McDonald July 20, 2018 Number of comments0 July Theme Month The Cuckoo Clock The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Introduction In 1959, François Truffaut opened the 12th annual Cannes Film Festival with his directorial debut, Les Quatre Cents CoupsContinue Reading
by Matt Schlee July 8, 2018 Number of comments0 July Theme Month The Cuckoo Clock Samuel Fuller Shocks the System “For Sam Fuller, the world condensed into stories. That’s what he saw wherever he looked. Whatever reality, incident, fact orContinue Reading
by Cineccentric Critics March 17, 2018 Number of comments0 The Cuckoo Clock In Conversation: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) A discussion of Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc between two of our critics in anticipation ofContinue Reading
by Matt Schlee September 5, 2017 Number of comments0 The Cuckoo Clock The Masters of Suspense: Hitchcock and Du Maurier “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Opening line from Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, 1938 For theContinue Reading
by Matt Schlee April 12, 2017 Number of comments0 The Cuckoo Clock The Musicals of Jacques Demy On June 5, 1931, Jacques Demy was born with music in his ears. His dazzling films did not, perhaps, haveContinue Reading