Mike Hertenstein

When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan (2006, Jasmine Dellal)

Among gypsy diversity, one common thread – aside from an art that gives voice to the very Life Force – is a deep well of suffering: gypsies know well the troubles that chase all inassimilable Others down a neverending road, but they also share more universal pains.

Alissa Wilkinson

Summer Hours (2009)

Oliver Assayas’s exquisite new film, Summer Hours, is a sort of fable about heritage and generations, a longing look backward that has both caution and affection for the future. In a series of extended vignettes of a family wrestling with the implications of their inheritance, Assayas powerfully yet subtly explores the things that linger in […]

Susan Lilley

Dressing Sal Mineo by Susan Lilley

I watched Rebel Without a Cause on TV late one college night when I learned Sal Mineo was our next big draw at Once Upon a Stage dinner theatre. He would star in a stupid play about romantic entanglements, perfect for group sales and Sunday matinees filled with oldsters on field trips from the homes. […]

M. Leary

Unspoken – Journal For Contemplative Cinema

I have been a long time follower of Tuttle’s blog, which seems to have evolved into the beautifully designed Unspoken – Journal For Contemplative Cinema. The inaugural issue is focused on the films of Bela Tarr, and covers Damnation, Satantango, Werckmeister Harmonies, and related material. Harry Tuttle has an imaginative reflection on Family Nest, that […]