The following short films, each less than one minute in length, were created for the compilation project, OneDreamRush. First, we have Asia Argento on the fluidity of SEXUAL IDENTITY. Next is Kenneth Anger looking - not for the first time - at DEATH. And finally, David Lynch looks - not for the first time - at DREAMING. I hadn’t ... read more »

That Eric Rohmer, who passed away this morning, was both critic and film auteur seems as unsurprisingly organic as the manner in which his movies interpolated text and image, philosophy and drama. In 2006 I quit my first post-college job after suffering a minor breakdown; I spent the following penurious summer on the couch, gathering ... read more »

It may not be good, but it’s great. It’s great in that it’s gutsy way that no-holds-barred downers like REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and THEY SHOOT HORSES DON’T THEY are gutsy. It’s one of those films where you think “what happened? why didn’t anyone stop this?” Suits would know there’s no money to be made ... read more »

Watching the last of the sophisticated and sassy Lubitsch box, ONE HOUR WITH YOU, I’m suddenly, painfully, anguishedly aware of the heavy burden the short guy “wimp” characters bear in all matters of pre-code l’amour. The benefits of being tall–and able to sing–are tremendous in comparison to the short guys, played by Charlie Ruggles, Roland ... read more »

There’s a luxury civilian cinema goers have over most critics in formulating opinions on film, namely- the sweet cozy mechanics of memory, which can patch up loose ends in a film they’ve seen for days if not weeks afterwards, changing an initial unfavorable review to a big thumbs up. Most critics leave the theater and ... read more »