Whistle Down The Wind (1961)

Whistle Down The Wind feels like it employs the “kitchen sink” aesthetic in step with British film of the day, bleak and tough around the corners with working-class folks coping with all kinds of toilsome drama. However, if the mantle of that zeitgeist was normally carried by the likes o... Read full article

Saddle The Wind (1958): In Memory of Richard Erdman

Julie London provides her airy voice to the title track and Elmer Bernstein gives his scoring talents for the rest of the picture. In these beginning moments, Saddle the Wind evokes the expanse of the majestic landscapes of the West like the best of its brethren. There is a sense we really are out o... Read full article

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) Temporarily Pulled From HBO Max To Allow For Proper Context–A History

When HBO Max announced that it would temporarily remove Gone With the Wind from its platform, in order to place a statement in front of it putting the film’s content into the proper context, it set off a firestorm of controversy online and in the media. Some decry the decision as censorship. O... Read full article

The Other Side of The Wind (2018): Resurrecting Orson Welles

With the name of Orson Welles comes any number of conflicting connotations not far removed from his greatest achievement: Citizen Kane. However, if we had to try and pinpoint an apt superlative it would fall somewhere in between a mythic and Brobdingnagian titan of cinema. He was a personality like ... Read full article

A Mighty Wind (2003)

A Mighty Wind Directed by Christopher Guest Written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy 2003/USA Castle Rock Entertainment First viewing/FilmStruck Christopher Guest’s mocumentaries crack me up! A music promoter to sparked the folk revival in the 60’s has died and his son decides to s... Read full article