Thanks to The Village Voice, we can now listen to Harlan Ellison voicing the sentiments of many accomplished writers in this Dr. Seuss-inspired take on Josh Olson’s recent article, “I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script.”
This fortune cookie is brought to you by The House Next Door. I’m not sure what it all means, but I suspect it has something to do with the collective chill suffered by moviegoers worldwide as both Harrison Ford and Karen Allen speak publicly about George Lucas’s development of Indiana Jones 5. These truly are […]
Laurent Cantet’s extraordinary classroom drama is now available on DVD in the U.S. Pairing it with Nicholas Philbert’s contemplative documentary, viewers can enjoy a mini film festival on the challenges that face today’s teachers.
Orson Welles: I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won’t contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That’s what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
Andrew Sarris’s perspectives on film have been an inspiration to many film enthusiasts who are more educated in the art and history of cinema than I am. Nevertheless, when I heard that he was among the many staffers laid off by The New York Observer in June, I was dismayed enough that I knew I […]
… it might as well be this one. (via /film)
Without their appetites, some of our favorite big-screen characters just wouldn’t be the same. Without memorable movie meals, our minds and hearts might be malnourished.
Olivier Assayas’ film “Summer Hours” asks us to consider what value we find in art, and whether such value will last in a new era of globalism.
From Art and Fear, a great book of wisdom for artists of any kind, by David Bayles and Ted Orland: The lesson here is simply that courting approval, even that of peers, puts a dangerous amount of power in the hands of the audience. Worse yet, the audience is seldom in a position to grant […]