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Dear Vincent (Price)
Image via Wikipedia I will never forget The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971!) and its Vincent Price performance. I love Vincent Price, period. And this movie is probably precursor to lots of horror cliches, along with the baroque theme of what … Continue reading
Breathless
Philip French, film critic of The Guardian, reminds that it is now 50 year since Godard’s masterpiece of A bout de souffle (Breathless) opened (Breathless continues to shock and surprise 50 years on). What French writes is fascinating history of … Continue reading
The Son’s Room
Image via Wikipedia A little gem of a scene from Nanni Moretti‘s The Son’s Room (La stanza del figlio), Palme d’Or at Cannes. The film will be all about the reality of a sudden death, of its pain. And of … Continue reading
A student: short films by Polanski
Roman Polanski was a student when he filmed a series of short films as coursework for his school of cinema in Poland. It was 1957 and later. He was just 24, and his ideas were right there. I just watched … Continue reading
Skate’s Film Award 2009
Cover of The Reader It’s the beginning of the new year, thus time to discuss what was best in 2009 in a number of categories. So, I hereby unilaterally proclaim the 2009 Skate best film award. The category is only … Continue reading