Tag Archives: Video

When I was in college in the ’70s, the large corporation my father worked for had a sweet summer-hire program for the kids of employees. I worked full-time in one of their warehouses each summer making just under union scale, and made enough that I didn’t have to work during …

Directed by Antoine de Caunes Written by Rene Manzor Monsieur N. is a film about the final days of Napoleon’s life during his exile on St. Helena. Before I watched the film, I had no idea that some of the facts were in dispute. The main questions addressed in the …

I know enough stuff that I am happy to admit when I don’t know stuff, and one thing I don’t know is what the deal is with the cult of Garbo. I’m not sure if I have ever seen any of her films in their entirety, but I have seen …

Directed by Joel Gilbert Gilbert’s documentary will be many things to many people, depending on how deep your interest in Dylanology is. From its title, the documentary purports to be about two of Dylan’s most famous world tours as seen through the lens of tour photographer Barry Feinstein. Those tours …

Crusty old Dan Rather checked out as CBS news anchorman last night after 24 years, his reckless crusade against the sitting president his downfall. Here is his on-air benediction: We have shared a lot in the 24 years we’ve been meeting here each evening. And before I say good night, …

There are those who pronounce every year that the Oscars are dead or dying, a dinosauric remnant of an earlier age when men were men and movies mattered. In addition, they think the show itself too long, too boring, too traditional, not traditional enough, too reverent, too flip, too uninclusive, …

This is a freaky little blast of ephemera from iFilm (view here). In 1964, Jim Morrison appeared an earnest, clean-cut and perplexed prospective Florida State University student turned down for admission because there just wasn’t enough money to go around, in an odd bit of black-and-white propaganda produced by the …

"It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon…"™

CNN is refusing to broadcast a rather shocking anti-landmine PSA which you can read about and see here. No point starting a discussion if you haven’t seen it, so check it out. Here’s a direct link to the video if you’re so inclined.

Note this engrossing and perspective-jarring examination of the film medium by playwright S.N. Behrman in the New Republic … from 1917. He examines the cinematic treatment given the play The Easiest Way: In the play–a study of a pretty, nondescript, weak woman–we have the story of Laura Murdock, a third-rate …