Great Movies
Tributes
Bertrand Tavernier: 1941-2021
A tribute to the late director and cinema historian, Bertrand Tavernier.
A tribute to the late director and cinema historian, Bertrand Tavernier.
A tribute to the late, great, unbelievable artist that is David Bowie.
An appreciation of Stephen Frears' "My Beautiful Laundrette" after its Criterion release.
Marie writes: Ever since he was a boy, photographer John Hallmén has been fascinated by insects. And he's become well-known for photographing the creatures he finds in the Nackareservatet nature reserve not far from his home in Stockholm, Sweden. Hallmén uses various methods to capture his subjects and the results are remarkable. Bugs can be creepy, to be sure, but they can also be astonishingly beautiful...
Blue Damsel Fly [click to enlarge photos]
British filmmaker Paul Greengrass, as I've mentioned before, is surely the most accomplished action-thriller director around these days. "Bloody Sunday" and "The Bourne Supremacy" are evidence enough of that. This week, Greengrass's "United 93," about the September 11, 2001, flight now commemorated in a Pennsylvania field, opens the Tribeca Film Festival and then moves into theaters.
David Poland, over at "The Hot Blog," saw the film recently and writes:
