The Last Wave

Essays

Nov 26, 2001 Peter Weir’s first film to be released in America insists on the tangible power of spiritual life.

Nov 19, 2001 Alfred Hitchcock’s first film in Hollywood is his earliest definitive statement on male domination and female subjugation.

Nov 19, 2001 Luis Buñuel’s drama is a seductive work that exemplifies, even as it studies, the perversity of human desire.

Notorious

Essays

Oct 15, 2001 Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller features two of Hollywood’s greatest stars, rendering their characters' grand romance in all its passion and perversity.

The Lady Eve

Essays

Oct 15, 2001 Preston Sturges’s beloved comedy provides insights into the way Hollywood formulas work on us.

Sep 17, 2001 Elmar Klos and I usually work as equal partners, but in this case he left me a free hand. He knows that I am not thinking of the fate of all the six million tortured Jews, but that my work...

Sep 17, 2001 Jirí Menzel’s war comedy is an absurdist symphony of self-absorption and impotence.

The Vanishing

Essays

Sep 17, 2001 George Sluizer’s nightmarish film is a study in everyday madness, rooted in the specifics of the Dutch and French landscapes and character.

Salesman

Essays

Sep 3, 2001 The Maysles Brothers’ documentary classic exposes the diurnal rituals and disappointments of American men of a certain generation.

Aug 20, 2001 Preston Sturges’s generous-hearted satire achieves a synthesis that is both terribly funny and deeply moving.

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