Archive for category: Cinema

Ideals of transportation    (2012.02.04)

In Hopscotch, Walter Matthau goes on the lam using a sequence of vehicles any of which would by itself represent a dream come true for the susceptible child of the 1970s

Masculine or feminine type?    (2011.10.25)

Original and revised posters for Drive

The perils of being a man in ‘Straw Dogs’    (2011.10.10)

Melissa Lafsky: “The part [Alexander] Skarsgård plays here is Paragon Alpha, the man who can win on all fronts and serves as a boot in the ass to the socially softened hero. He evokes fear and respect in men while simultaneously compelling women to bang him”

Zagat guide to Armond White    (2011.08.31)

Film critic Armond White’s Wikipedia entry reads more like a Zagat entry

Yes, if I were Andrew Haigh, that’s the quote I’d have run with, too    (2011.08.19)

I would have run Tony Scott’s quote in the Weekend trailer, too. Andrew Haigh and I aren’t stupid

Nicolas Winding Refn vs. Pet Shop Boys vs. Ryan Gosling    (2011.08.05)

‘Because I did meet with the Pet Shop Boys about doing the music afterwards, but their attitude was like “You can’t afford us, baby” ’

‘Spoken language is not the primary experience for me’    (2011.07.18)

Oliver Schmitz: “I have a hearing impediment, so spoken language is not the primary experience for me”

‘No… it’s awful’    (2011.07.10)

“It must be nice to always believe you’re right, to always think you’re the smartest person in the room.” “No. It’s awful”

‘Paris Is Burning’    (2011.07.01)

The only drag/vogue house in Canada gave us a performance after an outdoor viewing of Paris Is Burning