Julia Reichert, a significant figure in documentary filmmaking and progressive politics and the arts here in the Dayton area, has passed. I was pleased to see she was deemed to warrant a significant N
Well, I have now never seen the Greatest Film of All Time(TM). I guess I need to fix that. I have seen one or two Akerman films and found them a little slow. But I guess I need to watch this. As Scott
We do need a word on Wolfgang Petersen here, as he has died at the age of 81. I see Peterson as one of a long line of European directors who directed amazing work at home, then came to Hollywood and b
Should have had a better career overall and made a lot of very questionable choices (the list of roles he turned down is astounding), but of course he was great in The Godfather. RIP.
Given the centrality of Goodfellas to the culture of this site, I am sure that we will have more to say about the passing of Ray Liotta. I was always surprised that after his brilliant start, not only
A legend is gone. [SL] Friend of the blog Glenn Kenny has a great tribute. I plan on screening Broadcast News and Body Heat at my earliest convenience… [EL} Kenny’s ability to put somethin
A huge, gigantic loss of one of the all-time giants.
Lost a real one today: Melvin Van Peebles, whose low-budget 1971 phenomenon, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” — an X-rated film about a Black revolutionary’s survival on the run — prove