When German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder died in 1982, I was reminded of the funeral of another director- Ernst Lubitsch in 1947. Afterwards, Billy Wilder and William Wyler were leaving the burial and Wyler said “Well, no more Lubitsch,” and…
Read more
A new 4K restoration of a brilliant 2005 film by one of my favorite directors- Lodge Kerrigan– Keane is getting a run at Film At Lincoln Center opening August 19 and if you’ve never seen it you are really missing…
Read more
Yes, I must confess, I collect movie stills where actors are screaming or trembling with fear. They always make me laugh. Those freeze-frame publicity shots of mock fright and terror. There’s something so ludicrous and wonderful about them. I have…
Read more
It may be hot as hell, but the array of oddball cult hits available this month on Blu-ray is even hotter. From an amazing box set of the films of Ray Dennis Steckler; to the inadvertently hilarious Shriek of the…
Read more
Turner Classic Movies this month is scheduling each day with an all-day tribute to a different star. On August 4ththey are devoting the day to Ruth Roman, the husky-voiced, sexy, character actress who was always better than most of the…
Read more