Reality, Absurd Dreams, and Faux History: Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories & Zelig
Reviews of two zingers from Woody Allen: the not-really-comedic Stardust Memories (1980) and the brilliant mockumentary Zelig (1983), both on Blu from Twilight Time.
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Julia Marchese’s Out of Print, The Dying of the Light, and Finishing a 16mm Film Circa 1990
Review + podcast interview with Out of Print director Julia Marchese, and reviews of Peter Flynn’s The Dying of the Light (2015) + Angela Christlieb and Stephan Kijak’s Cinemania (2002) …and last but not least, in the Editor’s Blog, a detailed account of a 16mm short’s post-production, circa 1990.
Disaster on the Tracks: Bullet Train (1975) + The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
When Train Travel Goes BAD: Jun’ya Satô’s Bullet Train / Shinkansen daibakuha (1975) from Twilight Time + George Cosmatos’ The Cassandra Crossing (1976) from Timeless / Shout.
Revisiting the Greatest Christmas Film Ever: Die Hard (1988)
Reprint of a revised Editor’s Blog on my preferred Christmas film, Die Hard (1988), and perhaps the greatest action film around.
The week Mons. Hitchcock talked shop with Mons. Truffaut
Review of Kent Jones’ 2015 documentary on the momentous meeting in 1966 between Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut that resulted in a classic tome on filmmaking + a lengthy Editor’s Blog on the book’s personal impact.
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