This is the grave of Harry Carey, Sr. Born in 1878 in The Bronx, Carey grew up in an elite family. His father was a highly respected lawyer who eventually served on the New York Supreme Court. Carey was something of a roustabout. He was...
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The Criterion Collection has long taken criticism for being very white and canonical in its approach. But with The Criterion Channel and its blog, it has really rectified that in.
The great Korean film maker has died of COVID-19, at the age of only 59. At this point, any discussion of Kim has to note that he was heavily implicated.
There is nothing like a good list about art to get people arguing. And so the New York Times' Top 25 Actors of the 21st Century can get us talking. It's the right list in that it combines very solid choices with eyeraising and even...
This is the grave of Joseph Cotten. Born in 1905 in Petersburg, Virginia, Cotten grew up middle class but not overly prosperous. As a boy, he was tremendously interested in.
It's remarkable how many of the all time great directors have that one actor (or sometimes a few) that they work with again and again and again, making careers together..
I watched Abbas Kiarostami's brilliant 1990 film Close-Up the other night. I saw this probably 20 years ago and wasn't in a place to get it I guess. I thought it was kind of boring, as I recall. But I figured it was time to...
The greatest film composer in history is no more. It's hard to overstate the greatness of Morricone. He completely turned the rather stale genre of film scores on its head.
I am surprised that I've gotten this far into the series without exploring Soviet film, which I love very much. I love most of your leftist agitprop, even bad versions..
Tonight's film is a treat. Oscar Micheaux's 1919 film Within Our Gates is the earliest surviving film by an African-American director. This version does not have sound, but honestly, if you put any classical or jazz album on while playing this, it will add a...
We shouldn't let the death of the great French actor Michael Piccoli go unmentioned. I just watched Belle de Jour again a couple of weeks ago and he was great.
It took 63 years, but Max von Sydow finally lost that chess match with death. Von Sydow was genuinely one of the greatest actors of cinema history. His work with.