The AV Club has a pretty good article about Robert Altman here: www.avclub.com/articles/robert-altman,57945/. I disagree with a few things, and there are a couple of factual errors, but in general it’s a very good overview of Altman and his work.
A friend just emailed me the news that Robert Altman has died. I emailed back: It’s too bad, of course, but not surprising, and it makes him one of only two major directors I can think of who went out … Continue reading
1) “Denis Villeneuve: ‘Frankly, I Hate Dialogue. Dialogue Is For Theatre And Television’“ “Frankly, I hate dialogue,” the filmmaker told The Times of London in a recent interview. “Dialogue is for theatre and television. I don’t remember movies because of … Continue reading
I have mixed feelings about the Wes Anderson movies I’ve seen. (This is not a question of “love/hate,” by the way. People use “love/hate” quite often for things which — as far as I can tell — never rise to … Continue reading
Two more points on Ulysses by James Joyce (plus one added later). 1) I did go to see the exhibition “One Hundred Years of James Joyce’s Ulysses” at the Morgan Library and Museum. It was really good. It was all … Continue reading
I thought this article had an interesting premise about TV shows. In brief, it talks about the “dangerous myth — the unwritten rule that the season finale has to be the most ‘exciting’ episode.” The article draws the comparison between … Continue reading