In response to John’s Mayan-inspired post last week, here’s a free online copy of Sun Ra’s 1974 feature, Space Is…
Feature Friday: “What Time Is It There?” (2001)
If this is to be your final day on earth, then this is as fine a final film to watch…
Feature Friday: “Le monde vivant” (2003)
I was at Odd Obssession a few years back, and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky told me he had a film he wanted…
A Guide to My Writing Here at Big Other (reposted)
It’s my three-year anniversary at Big Other, and I’m feeling nostalgic, so I thought I’d repost this guide that I…
Feature Friday: “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” (1975)
I was trying to think of the most perfect Thanksgiving Holiday film. While peeling my hundredth potato, I remembered Jeanne…
Feature Friday: “Eden and After” (1970)
Here’s something odd. Both Alain Robbe-Grillet and Catherine Jourdan (pictured above) died on 18 February (Robbe-Grillet in 2008, Jourdan in…
Greg Gerke’s Secret Life
I’ve long suspected that Greg is up to something. Now I know what it is.
Feature Friday: “Providence” (1977)
It turns out there’s a very beautiful copy up at YouTube. (I’d been looking for one for a while.) This…
Feature Friday: “Hiroshima mon amour” (1959)
Jeremy M. Davies’s Rose Alley has been on my mind as of late, so this one’s for him. I asked…
Feature Friday: “Go, Go Second Time Virgin” (1969)
Director Kōji Wakamatsu passed away on the 17th. I like this film of his.