Having just reread William Gass’s “The Pedersen Kid” yesterday morning, I decided to do a study of associations–what my brain…
Arthur Penn’s Night Moves
Well, Arthur Penn died. He was of course a great director. And of course everyone will be talking about how…
Eight is Enough
NOTE: This was written in the infancy of my knowledge about cinema. Surely, eight is not enough. John Ford, Carl…
Brevity, Part 3: Long Takes Continued (well, they’re long)
While writing my previous post, I grew aware that I wasn’t mentioning any women filmmakers. So I’d like to add…
Brevity, Part 2: Long Takes
Some of us have been discussing long takes in movies, and John mentioned that he’d like seeing a list of…
Top Films of the Decade
In March 2002 I woke up one morning in a trailer in the south of France, near the city of…