Lewis Tater (Jeff Bridges), a 1930s-era aspiring novelist who harbors dreams of becoming the next Zane Grey, decides to leave his family home in Iowa to go to the University of Titan in Nevada so he can soak up the western atmosphere. He arrives to find that there is no university, only a mail order […]
Archives for January 2019
Cinematography: Theory and Practice
Many books on film are either sort of airy, light-weight musings about aesthetics and philosophy and the other kind is strictly technical: lenses, exposure, etc. This is the one book that covers just about everything you need to know in order to be a professional cinematographer (or an amateur who knows as much as a […]
House: The Series
He pops pills, watches soaps, and always, always says what’s on his mind. He’s Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie). Producers David Shore, Bryan Singer, Katie Jacobs, and Paul Attanasio haven’t rewritten the hospital drama. At heart, it’s a cross between St. Elsewhere, ER, and C.S.I, but they’ve infused a moribund genre with new life and […]