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This Quarter in Film History: An Affair to Remember?

May 1, 2006

‘Last Year at Marienbad’ remains one of the most famous films made, perhaps because it is so elegant––and yet so infuriating. […]

Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’

May 1, 2006

This was unlike any movie I had ever seen. The movie unfolded with a slow, measured pace, revealing image after gorgeous image. […]

This Quarter in Film History: A ‘Charge’ Account

September 1, 2007

Though Jack Sullivan won an Oscar for Best Assistant Director for ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’, it is the breathtaking editing by George Amy of the charge that makes the film a classic. […]

Fred Zinnemann’s ‘Member of the Wedding’ (1952)

September 1, 2007

Watching ‘Member of the Wedding’ made me aware for the first time of the art of editing. […]

This Quarter in Film History: Dedicated Followers of Fascism

January 1, 2007

‘Cabaret’ proved that a mainstream musical could feature avant-garde editing and design, and be sexually unconventional and political. […]

This Quarter in Film History: ‘Napoléon’ Dynamite

March 1, 2007

Napoléon vu par Abel Gance has had as many comebacks as the conqueror it portrayed, yet has always remained Waterloo-proof. […]

Charles Chaplin’s ‘City Lights’ (1931)

March 1, 2007

Chaplin’s on-screen mixture of humor, acrobatics and pathos has an almost magical ability to put a smile in one’s heart. […]

This Quarter in Film History: Shoot-Out at the Fantasy Factory

July 1, 2007

High Noon has often been interpreted as an anti-McCarthy era story of mass cowardice when confronted by evil. It is a moot point now because the story has multiple meanings as a personal epiphany. […]