Friday, June 19, 2015

Quote of Year - Nathan Lee on the Wachowski Bros.

If you, like me, have pondered how to distill into words the genuinely unmistakeable style of their films, I don't think anyone could've said it better:

"...let's remember that the Very Serious pop philosophy of The Matrix was a fluke. The Wachowskis are living for a unique, utterly doomed brand of earnest Maximalism."

-Nathan Lee, Village Voice contributing critic




Saturday, March 14, 2015

Can You Find the Celebrity Here?

During my inaugural trip to LA last week, me and my girlfriend had lunch at Gjelina in Venice Beach. My girlfriend's cousin snapped this photo. As was her intention, it looks like just a photo of me, but in the background is someone famous. 


Thursday, November 20, 2014

Schrader, Writer of Taxi Driver, Tells Us About Tech

The famed writer of Taxi Driver - and director of numerous films, including the slightly whatever The Canyons (with Lindsay Lohan) has written a great article about the biggest technological achievements in cinema, among them the close-up and the use of the 700mm lens. This is the second of three parts, all published by Film Comment.



Read: The Close-Up | Film Comment