Author: Howard Suber Year of Release: 2006 America’s most distinguished film professor provides the definitive A to Z course on the intricacies of film. Each entry in this remarkable book, which represents a lifetime of teaching film, has already inspired and educated several generations of Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers and writers. This book examines the patterns […]
Archives for May 2013
The Great Gatsby
One of the finest novels of American literature gets the lavish treatment we expect from the director of Moulin Rouge! and Romeo and Juliet. Were it not for those party scenes at the millionaire’s mansion, The Great Gatsby would seem to be far down the list of possible projects for the hyper Luhrmann, but Gatsby […]
Mud
Mud is the newest film from writer-director Jeff Nichols. As the movie opens, two young boys, 14 yr. old Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and his best friend Neckbone (Jacob Lofland), are playing in a small boat on the Mississippi river, on their way to an island where they have found something incredible: a boat that somehow […]
Grimm: The Series
The classic Grimms’ fairytales come to life like never before in this dark and imaginative series from the producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) discovers he’s descended from a long line of “Grimms,” who are charged with keeping balance between humanity and the creatures of myth. […]