LARS VON TRIER’S NYMPHOMANIAC “I don’t think this is for you…”
© 2014 by James Clark Lars von Trier’s archipelago of a movie, Nymphomaniac (2013), spreading across about five hours and ranging toward us in two (time) zones of ticketed statement, could, if...
View ArticlePicture Book Treasures: Anna Carries Water
by Sam Juliano The vital importance of water in everyday life is given center stage in a sublime new picture book authored by Olive Senior and illustrated by Brooklynite Laura James. Senior, born and...
View ArticleI am Twenty – 1965, Marlen Khutsiyev
by Allan Fish (USSR 1965 189m) DVD0 (Russia only) Aka. Mne dvadtsat let Stand up, damned of the earth! p Viktor Freilich d Marlen Khutsiyev w Gennadi Shpalikov, Marlen Khutsiyev ph Margarita...
View ArticleTribeca Madness on Monday Morning Diary (April 21)
Screen grab from outstanding Swedish film ‘Broken Hill Blues’ screened at Tribeca Film Festival by Sam Juliano Note: I trust all celebrating Easter Sunday had a great day! Thanks as always to Dee...
View ArticleJourney’s End – 1930, James Whale
by Allan Fish (UK/USA 1930 120m) not on DVD Of cabbages and kings, and cockroaches on whisky p George Pearson d James Whale w Joseph Moncure March, Gareth Gundrey play R.C.Sheriff ph Benjamin...
View ArticleHot Winds – 1973, M.S.Sathyu
by Allan Fish (India 1973 135m) not on DVD Aka. Garam Hava Should I stay or should I go? p Abu Siwani, Ishan Arya, M.S.Sathyu d M.S.Sathyu w Kaifi Azmi, Shama Zaidi ph Ishan Arya ed...
View Article‘Keep On Keepin On’ and ‘Chef’ win Heinecken Audience Awards at Tribeca
by Sam Juliano After Lucille and I watched the emotionally enthralling documentary Keep on Keepin On at the Bow Tie Cinemas on Friday night we both agreed that we had seen the best film of the Tribeca...
View ArticleTribeca Film Festival 2014 Bonanza on Monday Morning Diary (April 28)
Masterful Italian drama ‘Human Capital’ is one of the very best feature films of Tribeca Film Festival. Young Samuel Lange in exceptional Venuzuelan film ‘Bad Hair’ screened at Tribeca Film Festival....
View ArticlePIER PAOLO PASOLINI’S MAMMA ROMA “When I sing, I sing with joy!”
© 2014 by James Clark It’s a wedding reception out in the sticks (somewhat like that wedding party in Fellini’s La Strada). But we notice its far heavier acidic content, as compared with the...
View ArticleMontclair Film Festival and Rutgers Symphony Band Concert on Monday Morning...
by Sam Juliano Mid 70′s degree weather and one sound drenching have ushered in May with at least a parting salute to April in the long-anticipated weather transition in the northeast and midwest....
View ArticleThe Top Ten Films of the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival
Prodigy Justin Kauflin, 91 year-old jazz legend Clark Terry and “Keep on Keepin On” director Alan Hicks pose at Tribeca Film Festival press conference. by Sam Juliano You know the routine. Every ‘ten...
View ArticlePicture Book Treasures: Anna Carries Water
by Sam Juliano The vital importance of water in everyday life is given center stage in a sublime new picture book authored by Olive Senior and illustrated by Brooklynite Laura James. Senior, born and...
View ArticleI am Twenty – 1965, Marlen Khutsiyev
by Allan Fish (USSR 1965 189m) DVD0 (Russia only) Aka. Mne dvadtsat let Stand up, damned of the earth! p Viktor Freilich d Marlen Khutsiyev w Gennadi Shpalikov, Marlen Khutsiyev ph Margarita...
View ArticleTribeca Madness on Monday Morning Diary (April 21)
Screen grab from outstanding Swedish film ‘Broken Hill Blues’ screened at Tribeca Film Festival by Sam Juliano Note: I trust all celebrating Easter Sunday had a great day! Thanks as always to Dee...
View ArticleJourney’s End – 1930, James Whale
by Allan Fish (UK/USA 1930 120m) not on DVD Of cabbages and kings, and cockroaches on whisky p George Pearson d James Whale w Joseph Moncure March, Gareth Gundrey play R.C.Sheriff ph Benjamin...
View ArticleHot Winds – 1973, M.S.Sathyu
by Allan Fish (India 1973 135m) not on DVD Aka. Garam Hava Should I stay or should I go? p Abu Siwani, Ishan Arya, M.S.Sathyu d M.S.Sathyu w Kaifi Azmi, Shama Zaidi ph Ishan Arya ed...
View Article‘Keep On Keepin On’ and ‘Chef’ win Heinecken Audience Awards at Tribeca
by Sam Juliano After Lucille and I watched the emotionally enthralling documentary Keep on Keepin On at the Bow Tie Cinemas on Friday night we both agreed that we had seen the best film of the Tribeca...
View ArticleTribeca Film Festival 2014 Bonanza on Monday Morning Diary (April 28)
Masterful Italian drama ‘Human Capital’ is one of the very best feature films of Tribeca Film Festival. Young Samuel Lange in exceptional Venuzuelan film ‘Bad Hair’ screened at Tribeca Film Festival....
View ArticlePIER PAOLO PASOLINI’S MAMMA ROMA “When I sing, I sing with joy!”
© 2014 by James Clark It’s a wedding reception out in the sticks (somewhat like that wedding party in Fellini’s La Strada). But we notice its far heavier acidic content, as compared with the...
View ArticleMontclair Film Festival and Rutgers Symphony Band Concert on Monday Morning...
by Sam Juliano Mid 70′s degree weather and one sound drenching have ushered in May with at least a parting salute to April in the long-anticipated weather transition in the northeast and midwest....
View Article