Showing posts with label elia kazan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elia kazan. Show all posts
Sunday, February 2, 2020

PARIS BLUES - CRITERION CHANNEL

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This review was originally written for DVDTalk.com in 2014. Martin Ritt's 1961 jazz-infused drama Paris Blues is one of those fil...
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Saturday, March 23, 2019

WANDA - #965

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Wanda is one of those rare movies that can be called an “indie legend” and have it essentially be true. More talked about than seen sinc...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS - FILMSTRUCK

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This review was originally part of a larger piece covering the Natalie Wood Signature Collection and published in 2009. Splendor in th...
Sunday, September 3, 2017

AMERICA AMERICA - FILMSTRUCK

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This review originally ran on DVDTalk.com in 2011. Elia Kazan had already had a long and distinguished--and oft controversial--career ...
Saturday, August 6, 2016

RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 - #704

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Don Siegel's Riot in Cell Block 11 is an interesting motion picture: seemingly simplistic exploitation that reveals itself to be a...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

THE PLAYER - #812

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My thing about movies that are about movies is that the good ones make me want to watch other movies. If I watch The Bad and the Beautif...
Monday, February 28, 2011

SIDELINE: MORE REVIEWS FOR 2/11

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It was a big movie month for me, despite it being pretty dead in the cineplexes. The Portland International Film Festival pretty much waylai...