Mr Turner – 2014, Mike Leigh
by Allan Fish (UK 2014 150m) DVD1/2 Mr Mallord Goes to Margate p Georgina Lowe d/w Mike Leigh ph Dick Pope ed Jon Gregory m Gary Yershon art Suzie Davies cos Jacqueline Durran Timothy...
View ArticleJack the Ripper – 1973 TV, various
by Allan Fish (UK 1973 300m) not on DVD For all the Mrs Fiddymonts in the world p Paul Bonner, Leonard Lewis d David Wickes, Gilchrist Calder, Leonard Lewis w Elwyn Johns, John Lloyd Stratford...
View ArticleFanfare – 1958, Bert Haanstra
by Allan Fish (Netherlands 1958 86m) not on DVD 13 against 12 p Rudolf Meyer d Bert Haanstra story Jan Blokker, Bert Haanstra ph Eduard van der Enden ed Ralph Sheldon, Bert Haanstraa m Jan...
View ArticleTribeca Film Festival, Clouds of Sils Maria, The History of Scotland and...
Neil Oliver of “The History of Scotland” by Sam Juliano The 2015 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival will be staged at three Manhattan locations from Thursday, April 15 to Sunday, the 26. For the...
View ArticlePicture Book Review: ‘Trapped! A Whale’s Rescue’ by Robert Burleigh and...
by Sam Juliano The team that dazzled picture book aficionados with last year’s Edward Hopper Paints His World, and a series of other non-fiction titles over the years have again collaborated on a...
View ArticlePAUL THOMAS ANDERSON’S ‘THE MASTER': “You seem so familiar to me…”
© 2015 by James Clark True to form, Paul Thomas Anderson’s screenplay and production of The Master (2012) powers away in a foreground that seems all about personal gain and prestige while...
View ArticleA History of Scotland – 2008-2009 TV, various
by Allan Fish (UK 2008-2009 590m) DVD2 The spirit of Calgacus p Richard Downes, Tim Niel, Sarah Barclay, Clara Glynn d Tim Niel, Andrew Downes, Sarah Barclay, Clara Glynn, Bill MacLeod w Neil...
View ArticleTribeca Film Festival and ‘An Evening with Jane Goodall’ at BAM on Monday...
Screen grab from superb and exhilarating Italian documentary “Palio” Capture from excellent American youth drama about bullying, KING JACK. Capture from extraordinary Japanese documentary “The Birth of...
View ArticleThrow Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets – 1971, Shuji Terayama
by Allan Fish (Japan 1971 120m) not on DVD Aka. Sho o suteyo mchi e deyou Goodbye cinema p Eiko Kujo, Shuji Terayama d/w Shuji Terayama ph Masayoshi Sukita ed Keiichi Uraoka m Kuni Kawachi,...
View ArticleTribeca Film Festival Bonanza on Monday Morning Diary (April 27)
by Sam Juliano Eleven days of glorious Tribeca madness, and the 2015 installment of this exceedingly popular Big Apple venue has concluded. Lucille and I did have a whale of a time, even though our...
View ArticleMICHAEL MANN’S ‘HEAT’“You travel a lot?/ “Yeah……”
© 2015 by James Clark Mastery comes in many forms. A few nights ago we were rocked by a master at work, namely DeMar DeRozan. Who?! That night he put on a show the value of which could be...
View ArticleThe Duke of Burgundy – 2014, Peter Strickland
by Allan Fish (UK 2014 104m) DVD1/2 Let’s see if you’ve done your job properly p Andrew Starke d/w Peter Strickland ph Nic Knowland ed Mathias Fekete m Cat’s Eyes art Pater Sparrow, Renato...
View ArticleDrop the Dead Donkey – TV 1990-1998, Liddy Oldroyd
by Allan Fish (UK 1990-1998 1,710m) DVD2 Interlocking brain spaces in the work area p Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin d Liddy Oldroyd, Andy Hamilton w Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin, etc. Neil Pearson...
View ArticleRutgers Saxophone Recital; Paramus High School Concert; Montclair Film...
Rutgers University’s principal saxophonist Eric Lampmann by Sam Juliano The lovely spring weather that has graced the Metropolitan area for the last two weeks seems to have finally marked its turf,...
View ArticleFilm Preservation Blogathon: Cupid in Quarantine
Note: Here are six fabulous screen caps from the 1918 film ‘Cupid in Quarantine’, which were sent on to me on Tuesday from Marilyn Ferdinand. The silent, is the subject of this year’s Film...
View ArticleMommy – 2014, Xavier Dolan
by Allan Fish (Canada 2014 138m) DVD1/ Selfie on a square screen p Nancy Grant, Xavier Dolan d/w Xavier Dolan ph André Turpin ed Xavier Dolan m Noia art Colombe Raby Anne Dorval (Diana...
View ArticleOur Century – 1983, Artavazd Peleshian
by Allan Fish (USSR 1983 47m) not on DVD Aka. Mer dare a + b + c + ab = 0 d/w/ed Artavazd Peleshian Whatever happened to montage, as many film students have asked? It became a noun is the simple...
View ArticleThe Plea – 1968, Tengiz Abuladze
by Allan Fish (USSR 1968 72m) not on DVD Aka. Vedreba; The Prayer The whole village here gathered… p Aleqsandre Jagarbekovi, Tina Ochiauri d Tengiz Abuladze w Tengiz Abuladze, Anzor Saluqvadze,...
View ArticleThe Film Preservation Blogathon; Trip to Washington D.C., Ex Machina and The...
with Jillian on eighth grade Washington D.C. trip by Sam Juliano The Film Preservation Blogathon commences on Wednesday at Ferdy-on-Films, and will continue until Sunday, May 17, the day when...
View ArticleCRYSTAL MOSELLE’S ‘THE WOLFPACK’“It was all fear, basically…”
© 2015 by James Clark Crystal Moselle has titled her documentary film, from 2015, The Wolfpack. Her work is ambitious and complex; but her choosing that title provides, I think, a definite...
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