The choices he makes as the creative head of the film during production would be the only way to distinguish him an auteur or not. His working style is the only thing that matters as far as auteur theory in concerned.

When they include feature length documentaries focusing on the directors process from pre to post production, a picture begins to emerge. Granted I don't use 'auteur' as a golden metric all film and filmmakers should aspire to. Sydney Lumet is one of my favorite filmmakers, but I wouldn't call him an auteur. I am…

I read this in Norm MacDonald's voice.

I've had The Social Network stuck in my brain for the past month. It became so overwhelming this week I finally went out and picked up on bluray and watched it two times back to back. I hadn't seen it since it came out. The first viewing scratched the itch, and I got everything out of it that I expected. The opening…

There is a French MC who uses really well selected samples from classic films, and his version of "Que Sera" is a personal favorite of mine: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

The only version I've seen of Foxy Brown to this day was the version they aired at like 1:30 in the afternoon in middle of the week on UPN. The digital bras looked like they were made in MS Paint. I think I was about 8 at the time and remember thinking to myself "a lot of effort was spent to take out all the boobs and…