Assignment 8: Who’s Responsible?
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
What do you think about the auteur theory?
Although the auteur theory (the belief that [...]
THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977) but not a twisted soul
Dir. Wes Craven
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 2/23/10, 9:45pm
My first experience with the original Wes Craven hillbilly movie was pleasant if a bit of a let down. I love The Last House on the Left. A lot. Hills Have Eyes is like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang compared to that twisted freakfest. Nevertheless, there [...]
The world probably doesn’t need a new print of LE COMBAT DANS L’ÎLE (1962)
Dir. Alain Cavalier
The Brattle Theatre (Cambridge, MA), 12/28/09, 9:30pm
A fairly mediocre French New Wave-ish film directed by a protege of Louis Malle. Cavalier was assistant director on Malle’s Elevator to the Gallows and Les Amants (not bad films to have worked on), and Malle produced this ménage à trois film. If you ask [...]
A SINGLE MAN (2009) a gem in Oscar Season
Dir. Tom Ford
Angelika (New York, NY), 12/22/09, 7:15pm
A Single Man is a surprisingly sweet and touching film. It has been collecting quite a bit of buzz lately, especially for the performance by British tough-guy Colin Firth, and my expectations were quite low when I sat down at New York City’s renowned Angelika Cinema. [...]
