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In 1995, filmmaker Harmony Korine broke out with the indie hit film Kids, which was written by Korine and directed by Larry Clark. A few years later, Korine released his directorial debut Gummo with a sharp division with film critics...
With the indie film movement booming during the ‘90s, movies that were strange, thought-provoking, and experimental gained big audiences and critical acclaim. One of the directors who received that push and attention was Todd Solondz, a filmmaker known for his...
David and I have spent a good deal of time on the show talking about the difference between documentaries that proceed with an intended course of action versus those that leave themselves open to the process of discovery. We’ve also...
Before there was Last Year at Marienbad, someone had to make it. Seems simple enough to say, but how many films can you really say that about? That someone had to make it; that its existence is now so inextricable,...
It seems most people would know Albert Brooks as the voice of Marlin in the Pixar film Finding Nemo. However, he voiced the role of a fish, Brooks was an accomplished comedian, actor, and director. Brooks takes comedy to new...
When one considers – as we have in past episodes – whether cinema’s cultural impact has diminished, consider Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine. It was the first film to win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival (albeit sharing...
Any retrospective consideration of Brokeback Mountain – and for that matter most of what was written about it upon release – has to contend with the cultural moment of 2005, and how the film was both informed by it and...
Most writing on Risky Business confronts head-on its distinguishing characteristic – a teen movie only in the abstract, it is in experience a film about sexual awakening, capitalism, and the first thrust into the adult world. It displays an aesthetic...
Most of the time in movies, filmmakers like to celebrate big events, like weddings, graduations, and important life milestones. Movies can also celebrate big moments in life, like first dates and first kisses. However, not many films can celebrate everyday...
The cabaret musical, melodrama, and film noir genres constantly circle one another in American cinema, yet rarely find themselves in such satisfying fruition as Emilio Fernández’s Victims of Sin, a rediscovered 1951 Mexican film that defies easy classification other than...