In Defence Of Birdman
SPOILERS ahead. Underdog is a relative term. On paper, Riggan Thomson, protagonist of Birdman or…
Film on the Television (8/7-9/2015): BIRDMAN on HBO
We should have seen it coming. Following Scott Tobias’ now-legendary takedown of Birdman, a work that…
The Dissolve, 2013-2015
For reasons we don’t yet know, The Dissolve, a film site launched two years ago…
Before BIRDMAN: Films about Actors – Part 6: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
The mockumentaries assembled by Christopher Guest, such as This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and Best…
Before BIRDMAN: Films about Actors – Part 5: SUNSET BOULEVARD
Sunset Boulevard (1950) is about how the motivations for actors can get really twisted. Released…
Before BIRDMAN: Films about Actors – Part 4: ALL ABOUT EVE
Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve (1950) is the story of…
Before BIRDMAN: Films about Actors – Part 3: PERSONA
In Persona, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1966, a sharp rebuke is offered…
Before BIRDMAN: Films about Actors – Part 2: OPENING NIGHT
It is hardly surprising that, given John Cassavetes’s acting and directing philosophy that went sharply…
Before BIRDMAN: Films about Actors – Part 1: THE STUNT MAN
The recent success of Birdman illustrates that there is a lucrative market for films about…
A weekend of male ego, or: catching up with the best movies of 2014
Having finally caught up with a whole bunch of the year end’s critically acclaimed movies,…