He's not studied in the book , but he doe turn up in a number of stories pertaining to other directors.  My guess is that he was one of Biskind's sources.

He's not studied in the book , but he doe turn up in a number of stories pertaining to other directors.  My guess is that he was one of Biskind's sources.

I am interested in how the book deals with De Palma's navigating the changes in studio attitudes from the more artistically adventurous 70s through the 80s and beyond.  After BLOW OUT, it seems that the producers (Martin Bregman, Art Linson) have exerted a certain commercial discipline over De Palma's artistic…

I am interested in how the book deals with De Palma's navigating the changes in studio attitudes from the more artistically adventurous 70s through the 80s and beyond.  After BLOW OUT, it seems that the producers (Martin Bregman, Art Linson) have exerted a certain commercial discipline over De Palma's artistic…

This is also happening in movie theaters.  I saw digital print of TDKR in a trendy theater where the aspect ratio was in accordance with the traditional wide screen standard not in accordance with what was clearly the IMAX ratio of the print.  In short the heads were all partially cut off. On the good side, I saw…

This is also happening in movie theaters.  I saw digital print of TDKR in a trendy theater where the aspect ratio was in accordance with the traditional wide screen standard not in accordance with what was clearly the IMAX ratio of the print.  In short the heads were all partially cut off. On the good side, I saw…

She was the first film critic I was ever aware of as a result of her T.V. Guide columns.  I probably became a film fan because of the quippy style of her writing.  It probably took me a decade or more not to see her opinions as the authoritative last word on the quality of any given film—after all, who could impeach…

She was the first film critic I was ever aware of as a result of her T.V. Guide columns.  I probably became a film fan because of the quippy style of her writing.  It probably took me a decade or more not to see her opinions as the authoritative last word on the quality of any given film—after all, who could impeach…

As a result of his generosity, many of us were able to see the humanity in a side of life that we only saw through the lens of fear and approbation.  It is unfortunate that the acclaim of local celebrity generated by THE CORNER could not salve the scars of a childhood that, without the show, most of us could hardly…

As a result of his generosity, many of us were able to see the humanity in a side of life that we only saw through the lens of fear and approbation.  It is unfortunate that the acclaim of local celebrity generated by THE CORNER could not salve the scars of a childhood that, without the show, most of us could hardly…

As a voracious reader at a young age in the 70s and early 80s, I tended to avoid books written primarily for my age group, believing them to be below my caliber.  AFTER THE FIRST DEATH, which I read for an adolescent lit class while trying to obtain a teaching credential, broke all of my expectations of the genre with…

As a voracious reader at a young age in the 70s and early 80s, I tended to avoid books written primarily for my age group, believing them to be below my caliber.  AFTER THE FIRST DEATH, which I read for an adolescent lit class while trying to obtain a teaching credential, broke all of my expectations of the genre with…

UNITED RED ARMY is streaming on Netflix

UNITED RED ARMY is streaming on Netflix

While the list hasn't really changed much, I sense a growing preference towards a more auteur centered approach to establishing a classic film canon in this years poll.  Past polls tended to balance the personal predilections of a director's style in any particular film alongside the picture's broader cultural or…

While the list hasn't really changed much, I sense a growing preference towards a more auteur centered approach to establishing a classic film canon in this years poll.  Past polls tended to balance the personal predilections of a director's style in any particular film alongside the picture's broader cultural or…

That was the consensus until the 70s when the auteurists took over.  THE SEARCHERS is a very good film but it's not a gateway, as it develops a lot of themes introduced elsewhere in Ford's work.

That was the consensus until the 70s when the auteurists took over.  THE SEARCHERS is a very good film but it's not a gateway, as it develops a lot of themes introduced elsewhere in Ford's work.

TCM ran MWFT on Christmas Eve last year, the cruel cruel bastards.

TCM ran MWFT on Christmas Eve last year, the cruel cruel bastards.