"In the closing chapter of director Hal Hartley’s trilogy about the fractured Grim family, young son Ned (Liam Aiken) embarks on a quest to kill his father for wrecking his mom's life. But a winsome graduate student (Aubrey Plaza) interferes with his plan."
Hal Hartley's new...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtAK2Kq5NXM
"On how Italian modernist Michelangelo Antonioni fashioned his first film, ‘Story of a Love Affair,’ after 1940s Hollywood noir" By Kevin B. Lee
Or perhaps to put it another way, the marriage of neorealism with noir....
https://vimeo.com/116102999
Check-out this neat montage of strong moments from some of Gena Rowlands' best screen performances. She provides a few thoughts on acting here too.
Overall, we are reminded of how Rowlands created a string of performances of immense power. She was not frightened of confronting deep...
https://vimeo.com/109637101
"After watching twenty-nine Buster Keaton films, I was struck by his use of symmetry and center framing. This is an attempt to capture that. Before Stanley Kubrick and Wes Anderson made it famous for modern audiences, there was Buster Keaton." - Vince Di Meglio
“The greatest...
https://vimeo.com/118543551
Ned Rifle is the conclusion to Hartley's trilogy which started with Henry Fool then continued with Fay Grim.
I actually backed Ned Rifle on Kickstarter, and wrote a blogpost on why I did.
Anyway, the trailer looks terrific and I cannot wait to see the finished film....
https://vimeo.com/196788868
By Kevin B. Lee
"Video essay on the seminal Italian neorealist film LOVE IN THE CITY, which includes films by Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini"...
