N.Y. Times critic Manohla Dargis speaking (but not appearing) on the history of the screen vampire, from F.W. Murnau‘s Nosferatu and Max Shreck to the current “abstinence figure” vampire played by Robert Pattinson in Twilight — a figure who is “catnip to anyone with OJD (obsessive Jonas Brothers disorder),” as she says in her review.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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