‘Raging Bull’ is the reason we fell in love with the work of Martin Scorsese
Being the first of his films that we had the chance to see back in the good old days when video stores ruled our worlds,…
Screenwriting 101
“Michael Cimino’s ‘The Deer Hunter’ is one of the most emotionally shattering films ever made”
Michael Cimino’s filmmaking journey was hardly a bumpless ride. It seems that his name is unfortunately doomed to go down in history as of a…
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster”
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster, said Ray Liotta, and the rest has become legend. Martin Scorsese’s…
“If you have a dream, get up off your ass and start putting one foot in front of the other”
Frank Darabont talks about his childhood as a refugee and immigrant; his youthful attraction to horror and fantasy; and the events and influences that lead…
John Cassavetes – the Man and His Work
In 1983, during the production of John Cassavetes’s Love Streams, journalist Michael Ventura was hired by Cannon Films executive Menahem Golan to make a promotional…
Sydney Pollack’s ‘Three Days of the Condor’ is one of the finest spy thrillers ever filmed
The paranoid, skeptical, post-Watergate America gave birth to Sydney Pollack’s first-class thrilller Three Days of the Condor. The film, carried out on the shoulders of…
“Altmanesque means never having to say you’re sorry”
Robert Altman’s Short Cuts is not only one of the more enticing films of the fruitful nineties, but also a work of art we simply…
“Huston treats the story with a level, unsentimental honesty and makes it into one of his best films”
The neo-noir boxing drama that finally reinstated John Huston on the road of financial success after a series of box office disappointments, Fat City is…
“There is no American masterpiece more prescient than and still as urgent as NASHVILLE”
This cornerstone of 1970s American moviemaking from Robert Altman is a panoramic view of the country’s political and cultural landscapes, set in the nation’s music…
“I wanted to do a comedy about Hollywood. God forgive me, look what became of that idea!”
The team of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett was one of the most successful pairings in Hollywood history: “Brackett and I used to share two…