Eric Rhomer is a complete enigma for me. I can’t make him out, which inevitably makes him one of my favourite directors. No film maker is more ambiguous. No film maker can slip in the wisp of w… more →
Lisa Thatcherwrote 2 months ago: As Mother’s Day approaches here is our pick of the best 10 things to do with mum this Sunday. 1. Beg … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Whenever you make a list featuring the 50 greatest of anything, there are bound to be a lot of tough … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Eric Rhomer is a complete enigma for me. I can’t make him out, which inevitably makes him one … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “At the height of his career, Murnau was able to mobilize all those forces which guaranteed hi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In the first scene of the movie Green, which played at MOMA this weekend as part of the Best Film No … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I first heard about Eric Rohmer when I read last year about a retrospective of his work taking place … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Well, Arthur Penn died. He was of course a great director. And of course everyone will be talking ab … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Pascal’s Wager is one of those things everyone knows, even if one isn’t consciously aware of knowing … more →
wrote 3 years ago: I have written a novel about a man who traces his life in Beatles songs. I see no reason I can … more →
wrote 3 years ago: There are great artists, and then there are those who are part of a cultural shift. They are not alw … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The great French filmmaker Eric Rohmer has passed away at age 89, according to the L.A. Times. Best … more →
wrote 3 years ago: I loved the work of this pioneer of the French New Wave. So sad to hear filmmaker Eric Rohmer has di … more →
wrote 3 years ago: I’m not sure exactly what I can say here. Films like My Night at Maud’s are kind of my v … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Last night, I had the absolute privilege to screen Eric Rohmer’s “My Night at Maud … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve had reason to pop back and watch some Eric Rohmer lately, a joy and a pleasure I hardly h … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In François Truffaut’s famously scathing essay about the state of the French Film in 1954 ent … more →