Selected Writings
Table of Contents:
Ugetsu, Kenji Mizoguchi:: Hungry Ghosts
Silence, Martin Scorsese: An Exploration of the West & East
La La Land, Damien Chazelle: Confronting the Uncomfortable Past
Hail, Caesar!, Coen Brothers: Moving Pictures, Polytheism, And Propaganda
Everybody Wants Some!!, Richard Linklater
Swiss Army Man, Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert: Accepting Magic, Reluctantly
The Martian: A Hopeful Exploration Of Space And Survival
Max Ophüls’ Caught & Mikio Naruse’s A Woman: The Treatment of Women in Post-War Cinema
Pure Cinema vs. Plastic Cinema
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion: Elio Petri’s Farcical Attack on Fascism
Throne of Blood: Kurosawa’s Haunting Echo Chamber
Pacing, Pacing, Pacing: The Art of Editing
One, Two, Three (1961), Billy Wilder
Gone Girl: David Fincher’s Dark Twisted Romantic Comedy