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A great American film tells the story of great Americans, in this case Mississippi sharecroppers in the years before the...
03/25/2025

A great American film tells the story of great Americans, in this case Mississippi sharecroppers in the years before the Civil Rights era.

24Mar Once Upon a Time… When We Were Colored (1995) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies The 1990s No comments What is the Great American Film? Citizen Kane? Ben Hur? Oppenheimer? These are movies about great men, but I would argue a Great American Film should celebrate great Americans. ...

The Limey is not just about memory. It's a film about film noir itself. #10 in my 13 Films of the 1990s.
02/22/2025

The Limey is not just about memory. It's a film about film noir itself. #10 in my 13 Films of the 1990s.

22Feb The Limey (1999) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments I don’t have a favorite movie genre. I love dramas, historical epics, comedies, action, martial arts, romcoms, mysteries, meta-films, gangster movies, slice-of-life indies, films plumbing the meaning of existence, an...

One of the most delicious films ever.
01/11/2025

One of the most delicious films ever.

11Jan Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments Directed by Ang Lee, written by Ang Lee, James Schamus, and Hui-Ling Wang Since the introduction of sound, cinema has competed with opera as the exemplar of Gesamtkunstwerk, the total art form. Both encompass...

Smoke is a great Christmas film. Merry Christmas!
12/21/2024

Smoke is a great Christmas film. Merry Christmas!

21Dec Smoke (1995) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments Smoke is a hyperlink film released at the start of the 1990s hyperlink fad—which is to say one year after Pulp Fiction. But unlike less successful movies like Playing By Heart, Grand Canyon, Crash (the Paul Haggis movie,...

If you haven't seen any movies from Senegal, this is a good place to start.
11/25/2024

If you haven't seen any movies from Senegal, this is a good place to start.

25Nov Guelwaar (1992) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments Guelwaar is two films for the price of one. On the one hand, it’s a simple story of a comic mix-up. Pierre Henri Thioune, also known as Guelwaar (“the noble one”) has died, but the morgue accidentally released him...

A movie like no other from a master at life's end.
11/09/2024

A movie like no other from a master at life's end.

9Nov Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (1990) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments I had a dream last night. In it, I discovered a small cinderblock building housing a Kazakh eatery. (It could have been Turkish, Azeri, it doesn’t matter.) The food was delicious, and the fatherly owne...

A not-quite great movie from the Coens and Sam Raimi delivered sharp comedic laughs—but only to those familiar with the ...
10/25/2024

A not-quite great movie from the Coens and Sam Raimi delivered sharp comedic laughs—but only to those familiar with the screwballs of old.

25Oct The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments Directed by Joel Coen. Written by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen & Sam Raimi The Hudsucker Proxy one of the lesser-regarded movies from Joel and Ethan Coen. An ambitious romp with a large-ish budget, it was also a maj...

Madeleine Stowe and Alan Rickman star in this unseen gem from the 1990s.
09/13/2024

Madeleine Stowe and Alan Rickman star in this unseen gem from the 1990s.

12Sep Closet Land (1991) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments You’ve probably never heard of Closet Land, nor of its writer-director Radha Bharadwaj. You probably have heard of composer Richard Einhorn, cinematographer Bill Pope, and designer Eiko Ishioka, who all contributed...

Number 3 of my 13 movies of the 1990s.
08/10/2024

Number 3 of my 13 movies of the 1990s.

10Aug Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) Posted by: mark Categories: Uncategorized No comments Sidney Lumet has an encyclopedia of classics under his belt: 12 Angry Men, The Pawnbroker, Fail Safe, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, and The Verdict stand out in a parade of excellent American movies by...

I showed Chinatown to Caleb and he didn't care for it—found it pessimistic and cynical. Nevertheless, it remains a sharp...
07/06/2024

I showed Chinatown to Caleb and he didn't care for it—found it pessimistic and cynical. Nevertheless, it remains a sharp script and a film classic. Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, and Tom Cruise often hired him to polish their scripts, and he did enough work on The Godfather that Coppola acknowledged him while accepting his Oscar for best screenplay.

Robert Towne's script for the 1974 film Chinatown became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native LA. His other credits include Shampoo and 1990's Days of Thunder.

Film #2 of The 1990s: Thirteen Movies. With a bonus shout-out to Trois Coleurs: Bleu.
06/09/2024

Film #2 of The 1990s: Thirteen Movies. With a bonus shout-out to Trois Coleurs: Bleu.

9Jun Kiss or Kill (1997) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments Kiss or Kill is a film noir in every way except for its visuals. It’s a crime thriller featuring two hapless con artists who accidentally kill a mark and go on the run through the Australian outback. So instead of ...

Lola is running back to a theatre near you. You should see this film. Then again. Then again. It just may be different e...
05/18/2024

Lola is running back to a theatre near you. You should see this film. Then again. Then again. It just may be different each time.

18May Run Lola Run (1998) Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments Run Lola Run is everything one goes to the movies for. It has action, crime, ironic comedy, hotly-burning young love, and sharply-realized characters. It also has meditations on destiny, free will, and the plasticit...

Another 13 Movies, all from a fetch decade.
05/11/2024

Another 13 Movies, all from a fetch decade.

11May The 1990s: Thirteen Movies Posted by: mark Categories: Uncategorized No comments The 1990s were not the best decade artistically for independent filmmaking (not when compared to the 1960s and 70s), but it was the best time for getting your indie movie seen. Small distributors (Miramax, October...

The 13th of 13 Movies is Lovely & Amazing
02/29/2024

The 13th of 13 Movies is Lovely & Amazing

29Feb 13 Movies: Lovely & Amazing Posted by: mark Categories: Movies No comments Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener I am not opposed to nudity in movies. As with violence, swearing, and other transgressions, I am staunchly opposed to it when its sole purpose is to titillate. Nudity for the sa...

#12 of 13 Movies: The endless delights of My Neighbor Totoro
02/24/2024

#12 of 13 Movies: The endless delights of My Neighbor Totoro

24Feb 13 Movies: My Neighbor Totoro Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki The two girls enter the house. They don’t want to be here, away from friends and school. But their mother is in a rural hospital, and dad has moved them to this ren...

The heir to David Lean is Steven Spielberg, followed close behind by Spike Lee. (You thought I was going to say Christop...
02/22/2024

The heir to David Lean is Steven Spielberg, followed close behind by Spike Lee. (You thought I was going to say Christopher Nolan, didn't you?)

22Feb 13 Movies: Malcolm X Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments Directed by Spike Lee, screenplay by Arnold Perl and Lee based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley If any filmmaker working today could claim the legacy of David Lean, it would be S...

The list of must-see reprehensible movies consists of one title: Triumph of the Will.
02/19/2024

The list of must-see reprehensible movies consists of one title: Triumph of the Will.

18Feb 13 Movies: Triumph of the Will Posted by: mark Categories: Moviemakers Movies No comments Directed by Leni Riefenstahl The list of reviled movies everyone should see is short. In fact, I would say there is only one reprehensible film that makes the list: Triumph of the Will, a film not only ab...

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