JLG: Now and Then
In honor of Jean-Luc Godard’s forthcoming Film Socialisme (the scandal of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, which will hopefully be opening in Chicago at the CIFF in October), I am reproducing a reworked...
View ArticleA Weimar-Era German Cinema Primer
As a result of the popularity of my “South Korean New Wave Primer” post (in terms of total number of views), I have decided to launch a “Primer series” – a periodic listing of capsule reviews of 10 –...
View ArticleFraming the Supernatural in Caligari and Nosferatu
My post for today concerns two of my favorite horror films – the German Expressionist masterpieces The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror. After showing both movies innumerable...
View ArticleHappy Halloween Weekend From White City Cinema (and Count Orlok)
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: F.W. Murnau, Nosferatu
View ArticleBook Review: Shell Shock Cinema
Shell Shock Cinema by Anton Kaes Princeton University Press, 2010 As someone who teaches film studies at the college level, I’m sorry to say that I think a lot of academic film writing is garbage. Too...
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