‘LO AND BEHOLD’: WERNER HERZOG TACKLES THE INTERNET
We all live with the Internet, whether we want to or not. Our lives have been forever altered by connectivity. Werner Herzog is not an active user of the ‘net, but he is a man of boundless intellectual curiosity.…
A CANDID LOOK AT INGRID BERGMAN
Documentaries about film history don’t seem to have long shelf lives, in theatrical or television distribution. That’s why I’m grateful that the Criterion Collection has released Stig Björkman’s Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words, which played the film festival…
THE SUMMER’S BEST FAMILY FILM: ‘PETE’S DRAGON’
Pete’s Dragon has a vital ingredient that many fantasy films lack: a true sense of wonder. For that we must thank director and co-writer David Lowery, a newcomer to mainstream moviemaking who is best known for the indie release…
ACADEMY RESTORES HOWARD HUGHES RARITIES
Howard Hughes’ career in Hollywood was checkered, to put it mildly, but the man who made Hell’s Angels and Scarface cannot and should not be written off. Unfortunately, some of his films have been nearly impossible to see over…
MERYL IS MARVELOUS AS ‘FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS’
Florence Foster Jenkins is a delectable alternative to the noisy fare that fill multiplexes this time of year. It offers yet another plum role to the peerless Meryl Streep and juicy parts to Hugh Grant and Simon Helberg. If…
ICE CREAM RECIPES FROM THE STARS
It is a source of constant amazement to me how movie stars established a hold on the public so early in the 20th century. Fan magazines sprung up in the teens and before long the world’s newest celebrities were…
BEHIND THE CAMERA WITH HITCHCOCK AND ORRY-KELLY
Film buffs take note: two excellent documentaries are available for home viewing beginning this week. Kent Jones’s Hitchcock/Truffaut debuts tonight on HBO at 9:00pm. Gillian Armstrong’s Women He’s Undressed, the revealing story of Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly, makes its…
