The Master (2012) A Film by Paul Thomas Anderson

( Warning: Spoilers ahead. ) So often as viewers we forget the craft of good film acting. We take advantage of the fact that there's a d...

Samsara (2012) A Film by Ron Fricke

When deciding whether or not to see Samsara at the Dome in downtown Hollywood – an incredibly vast and immersive movie experience that is e...

Bluebeard (2009) A Film by Catherine Breillat

The films Catherine Breillat has made after Anatomy of Hell have marked a compelling and cohesive direction in a career otherwise defined b...

Ingmar Bergman, Ranked

( This is the second entry in the Favorite Directors Blogathon . Next month is Stanley Kubrick. ) When Ingmar Bergman died in 2007 (on the s...

MUBI and other news...

I'm proud to announce that I've started writing for MUBI's The Daily Notebook , which I've always considered to be one of mo...