Bigger Than Life:
Somewhere in Suburbia
Next Tuesday, we welcome Nicholas Ray to the collection with his powerhouse 1956 melodrama Bigger Than Life, released one year after Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause. The rare excoriation of middle-class American suburbia made during the Eisenhower era, this alternately frightening and funny film, starring James Mason and shot in vibrant color (restored here in DVD and Blu-ray editions), is “Nicholas Ray’s masterpiece” (Time Out). Read B. Kite’s incisive essay on this razor-sharp classic. 
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Today’s Kurosawa Giveaway
ContestCongratulations to Thursday’s prize recipient, Scout Tafoya, who had the winning response to our question about whether you prefer Kurosawa’s historical or contemporary films! Read today’s prompt here.
Dillinger Is Dead: Apocalypse Now
Michael Joshua RowinYou’ve never seen anything quite like Dillinger Is Dead. Until now, few have seen it at all. Critic Michael Joshua Rowin guides us through Marco Ferreri’s singular psychological labyrinth in this essay for the film’s release on special edition DVD.
Spotlight on Leo Hurwitz
NewsWe recommend New Yorkers head to Anthology Film Archives for the series Leo Hurwitz and the New York School of Documentary Film, running through March 19. Why are we so interested? Find out here.
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