Dog Justice
September 28, 2017
I would avenge Ol’ Shep right here; had I finger, and a rifle. I’d leave damn Timmy in the well, contemplating vast and trifle. The scuttling hare would know my name, those squirrels would reap a welter. And random cats, …
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
September 26, 2017
Official trailer for "The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille" from dan coplan on Vimeo.
The joys — and snares — of instant global communication
September 17, 2017
Jack Schnedler, this blog’s occasional peripatetic correspondent, is back with wife Marcia in Iceland this month. It’s their fourth visit in six years to these longtime globetrotters’ currently favorite foreign destination. Both retired in 2011 from editor’s jobs at …
A Sunday Morning set
September 17, 2017
Fooling around with new equipment.
Piers Marchant at TIFF, Day Five
September 12, 2017
TIFF 2017: Day 5 Films: 3 Vibe: Ground Down Chappaquiddick: For a film that could have gone absolutely, terribly wrong, John Cullen’s examination of the infamous Ted Kennedy incident that left a young woman drowned and his political career in tatters is almost …
Piers Marchant at TIFF, Day Four
September 11, 2017
TIFF 2017: Day 4 Films: 3 Vibe: Dispirited Mary Shelley: One of the bigger disappointments of the festival so far, especially considering the talent of the director, Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda) and the potency of the subject matter. Shelley, of course, was the …
Piers Marchant at TIFF, Day Three
September 10, 2017
TIFF 2017: Day 3 Films: 3 Vibe: Piquant Stronger: Patriots Day was the kind of reactionary, jingoistic bonfire designed almost solely for Boston native son Mark Wahlburg to mutter “They messed with the wrong city!” on screen. David Gordon Green explores similar territory – …
Piers Marchant at TIFF, Day Two
September 9, 2017
SEPTEMBER 9, 2017 TIFF 2017: Day 2 Films: 5 Vibe: Observant The Rider: Lyric and beautiful cinema vérité film from Chloé Zhao about a young rodeo cowboy (played by actual rodeo cowboy Brady Jandreau) who is forced to stop riding on horses after …