By Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Images originally ran as a Criterion prediction. The plethora that is Robert Altman’s filmography bears many fruit and Images is among of his best, under-appreciated films. First off,…
Director Spotlight: Minoru Kawasaki: Costume Drama with a Side of Absurdity
Minoru Kawasaki is one of the most fun and entertaining Japanese filmmakers and his movies tend to be under-seen and underrated. He’s been in the business for a long time, starting out with small budget fan films, then graduating to working on Ultraman Tiga! He then
Scholars’ Spotlight: Edie Sedgwick
Early Years and Family Edith Minturn Sedgwick was born on April 20, 1943, in Santa Barbara, California with blue blood coursing through her veins. Her paternal family, the Sedgwick’s were American aristocrats. Thier origins in the New World dated back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony of 1936. Her maternal grandfather was Henry Wheeler de Forest, […]
John Williams Plays “Indiana Jones 5” Music
The most famous of Hollywood composers, John Williams, performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles last night. In a surprise performance, Williams debuted the first piece of new music from the upcoming fifth “Indiana Jones” film, a track dubbed “Helena’s Theme” which ties to actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character in the film. Video of the […]
SAMARITAN: A Review Of The New Stallone ‘Old Superhero’ Release
Cinema Scholars reviews the latest Sylvester Stallone action/fantasy Samaritan, now streaming on Prime. Introduction The dominance of the superhero genre in modern cinema shows little sign of wavering. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) showed cinemagoers and studios that it was safe to go back to the theatre, while Thor: Love and Thunder and She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law […]
