Five Shamless Sci-Fi Oscar Robberies, Spearheaded By Avatar
UPDATE: This goofy roundup on Avatar‘s repurposed return has also been published by my pals at The Huffington Post and Bright Lights Film Journal. Stop by and mouth off. Riding […]
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Being There: William Gibson, No Maps For These Territories
Gibson, as Neale’s documentary is happy to point out, is so much more than the father of cyberspace.
Through The Looking Glass, Simply: Jonathan Miller’s Alice In Wonderland
I like great simplicity in all my work. I don’t like lots of florid detail.”
No Bark, Some Bite: The Mouse That Roared
that rare nuclear holocaust flick you can watch with the kids.
It’s Customary To Have The Father’s Watch: Rest In Peace, Gregory Peck
Who among his sons — or daughters — will execute that watch so capably, so persistently, so quietly?
The Wizard of Awe: Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away
you gotta have the yang with the yin. Miyazaki’s films always have both, and Spirited Away is one of his finest.
Fritz Lang’s Diabolical Dr. Mabuse Trilogy
Lang was obsessed with the suspicion that he would be forgotten, the robotic assessment “Failure, failure, failure,” probably running through his consciousness.
The Not-So-Straight Story: David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive
the latest installment in what has so far been a truly innovative, daring, and original bending of the rules from a director who always wanted to be a world-famous painter.