Martin Scorsese’s Bringing Out the Dead
Hell's Kitchen in New York revisited by Marty - an expressionistic extravaganza. But maybe too much so?
Four Nights of a Dreamer (quatre nuits d’un rêveur [1971]): A Post-Romantic’s View of a Robert Bresson Film
An analysis of this overlooked Bresson film from the viewpoint of romanticism.
How Art Turned into Shmart: Utility in L’Argent
Fascinating analysis of the bourgeoisie and their particular ways.
The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin
Baldwin's book was published in the '70s, but it is probably one of the best film books around.
What Babies Us Now?
A dissection of documents from the OFLC re: Romance and Salò, and also a cautionary note thrown to this country's filmmakers.
Bresson: Destinies Making Themselves in a Work of Hands – Third Part
Third and final instalment in a major study of the unique style and vision of French filmmaker Robert Bresson.
Bresson: Destinies Making Themselves in a Work of Hands – Second Part
The Second Part of M. C. Zenner's major analysis of the work of Bresson.
Bresson: Destinies Making Themselves in a Work of Hands – First Part
Part One of a major analysis of the work of perhaps cinema's most singular film director, Robert Bresson. In a dense, thorough and sharp way, the author challenges conventional readings of this film-maker's work.