As the new year and decade begins with a fresh horror show promising war, famine, and all manner of destruction, we can take really the most trifling degree of solace that the arts are reflecting our shared disillusionment and hopelessness....
Most of the entrenched cinephiles and filmmakers who continue to insist on celluloid are priggish, elitist pedants. Their purity is an affectation they wear to show off that they know enough to do so and can afford it. One name...