Year of the Month: Reconstructing HUSBANDS
Husbands (1970) is a fascinating look at director John Cassavetes’s artistic process. Shot in 1969,…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on THE DIRTY DOZEN
“So that’s it, huh? We’re some kinda dirty dozen?” says absolutely no one in The…
The Friday Article Roundup: Just One of the Guys
This Week You Will Greet with a Curt Nod: Canadian sketch comedy handcuffed auteurs a…
Year of the Month: Losing Time in CERTIFIED COPY
Juliette Binoche has a knack for taking us to emotionally-layered places. As Elle, in the…
HUSBANDS: A Restored Argument about Social Role Playing
At long last, Criterion has released its version of Husbands (1970), continuing its tradition of…
Year of the Month: MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ Is an Earthly Love Story
“Seymour Moskowitz is the new symbol of hope in America” Leave it to John Cassavetes…
Year of the Month: Under the Influence of Cassavetes – MARGOT AT THE WEDDING
With the news that John Cassavetes’s Husbands (perhaps my all-time favorite film) is getting the…
The Year in Review: Imagining the Political
Last year, I focused on films that were the coming attractions of the Trump regime.…
Year of the Month: FACES
In 1968, John Cassavetes stood out even in a year when radicalized artists were becoming…
Year of the Month: Patrick “Belated Comebacker” Harney on Rosemary’s Baby
Rosemary’s Baby starts out simply enough, though you can be forgiven for dreading what’s to…