I finally got around to seeing it, last night, and felt compelled for some reason to record my impressions. Which…
Using Viktor Shklovsky
[This post began as a response to some comments made by Douglas Storm on Amber’s most recent post.] The name…
Reading Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, part 7
Seventeen years have passed since my last installment in this series, so let’s at last sit down and write some…
A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: X-Men: First Class
A D: Much like how you hated The Tree of Life, Jeremy, I hated Bryan Singer’s two X-Men films. Hated…
Art as Inheritance, part 3: Reverse Chronology
I’ve been doing some research into reverse chronology (for the follow-up to my post “From ‘Doom House’ to ‘Mood House’”),…
More on Inception: Shot Economy and 1 + 1 = 1
Some good questions came up in the comments section of my lengthy Inception critique (“Seventeen Ways of Criticizing Inception“), and…
I am always alike
Without intending it, I seem to have produced a companion piece to my comments on Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. It…
Scott Pilgrim vs. Inception for the Future of the Cinematic Imagination
Regarding my impassioned critique of Inception, many have asked me: “What could Nolan have done differently?” Which is one way…
Art as Device, and Device (When it Works) as Miracle (or, The Princess Bride vs. Inception)
In my recent criticism of Inception, I took Mr. Nolan to task for his inelegant use of screenwriting devices, such…
Said and Unsaid
Here are two quotes by two foreigners about America (the first obliquely-US box office return is the most important marker…