It’s been said by people much smarter (and more knowledgeable) than I am (like Roger Ebert and Francois Truffaut) that the experience of watching a film is one that can be not just entertaining but deeply profound, truly cathartic, and singularly moving. Of course, it helps with me that I’ve been practically obsessed with cinema for 15-20 years or so, and I frequently watch at least 100 (sometimes 150) new […]
Every decade since 1952, the British magazine, Sight & Sound, has conducted an “official” poll of film critics, historians, and, for the past twenty years, filmmakers from around the world in order to compile what many see as a “definitive” list of the ten greatest films of all-time. No, Roger Ebert is not wrong when he calls such lists patently ridiculous (I mean, after all, who’s to say that top […]
Hello readers and listeners! The “Class of 1999” series will hopefully continue at a regular clip, and we begin with Martin Scorsese’s 1999 drama, “Bringing Out the Dead”, starring Nicolas Cage. To join me in this discussion, I bring back filmmaker Brian Ackley to break it down with me. I hope you enjoy! “Class of 1999” – “Bringing Out the Dead” Read Brian’s print review of “Bringing Out the Dead” […]
Hello readers and listeners! The “Class of 1999” will be chugging into the summer with another big genre effort from the year. We already hit on “The Phantom Menace,” but there was no way I could leave the Wachowski’s groundbreaking “The Matrix” off of this rundown of the year. To discuss it with me, I’m joined by writer-director David Spaltro. I hope you enjoy! “Class of 1999” – “The Matrix” […]
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