From the editor and writers of Bright Lights Film Journal
Action! Interviews with Directors from Classical Hollywood to Contemporary Iran
(Anthem Art and Culture), by Gary Morris (Editor), Bert Cardullo (Introduction), Jonathan Rosenbaum (Foreword). London and New York: Anthem Press, 2009.
(Anthem Art and Culture), by Gary Morris (Editor), Bert Cardullo (Introduction), Jonathan Rosenbaum (Foreword). London and New York: Anthem Press, 2009.
"I dare anyone to squeeze between
two covers a more varied, useful and
flat out entertaining sampling of
the personalities that make the
seventh art the liveliest."
— David Hudson, IFC.com
— David Hudson, IFC.com
Robert Ecksel
New York City
Robert Ecksel lives in New York City.
» A Little Something for Everyone:
Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan
(BLFJ 71
–
February 2011)
"I never see you lose yourself."
» Out of His Head": Vikram Jayanti's The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector (HBO) (BLFJ 69
–
August 2010)
"We aren't ready . . . come on in."
» "True Glamour Never Fades": Michael Sucsy's Grey Gardens (HBO) (BLFJ 65
–
August 2009)
"We aren't ready . . . come on in."
» "Just Another Man": On James Toback's Tyson (BLFJ 64
–
May 2009)
"Toback, to his credit, and despite the empathy he feels toward his subject, doesn't pull his punches."
» Faust Goes to Hollywood: Revisiting John Frankenheimer's Seconds (BLFJ 62
–
November 2008)
"Think, for Pete's sake. What have you got now?"
» Fascism, American Style: Revisiting Kazan and Schulberg's A Face in the Crowd (BLFJ 61
–
August 2008)
"Goodnight, you stupid idiots. Goodnight, you miserable slobs."
» The Human Monster: On Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (BLFJ 60
–
May 2008)
"There are no good and bad men, there are only damaged men . . ."
» Shalom? Auf Wiedersehen! Werner Herzog's Invincible (BLFJ 41
–
August 2003)
"Invincible" Herzog does it again
» Out of Focus Auto Focus (BLFJ 40
–
May 2003)
Hogan's Hero becomes Rerun Victim in a few delirious years
» Bowling a Strike for Columbine (BLFJ 40
–
May 2003)
Michael Moore hits the screen with both barrels blasting
» Two-Hour Movie (starring Robin Williams) (BLFJ 39
–
February 2003)
Robin Williams morphs again, and still nobody's laughing
» Undisputed: Wesley Snipes v. Ving Rhames (BLFJ 39
–
February 2003)
Cinema meets the sweet science at the multiplex, and nobody gets knocked out
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