by Seth Lamey | Jul 9, 2018 | Criticism
Killer’s Kiss (1955) In the second half of the twentieth century, the concept of the auteur filmmaker had begun to be established by the French New Wave filmmakers. François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard contributed their own work, and they also cited John Ford,...
by Seth Lamey | Jul 9, 2018 | Criticism
Paths of Glory (1957) Fresh off the commercial and critical success of The Killing, Kubrick and his producer James B. Harris brought Humphrey Cobb’s Paths of Glory to United Artists in 1957, who granted them a $1 million budget to adapt the novel into a film of...
by Seth Lamey | Jul 9, 2018 | Criticism
Lolita (1962) After completing his large production epic Spartacus in 1960, Stanley Kubrick and producer James B. Harris took on a giant task in its own right: adapting Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel Lolita. The adaptation would not be an easy one, as the...
by Seth Lamey | Jun 27, 2018 | Updates
As we wrap up our coverage of the 2018 Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado, here is an inside look at the wisdom and experience of the filmmakers we met, courtesy of Brynn Artley. For an overview of our travels, Ben Glomski and I recorded a podcast depicting...
by Seth Lamey | May 28, 2018 | Reviews
Educator. Communicator. Lover. Father. Husband. Neighbor. Friend. There are many words that describe Fred Rogers. Rarely have we seen a man so respected and revered by those close to him and the public at large. After his death in 2003, it was inevitable to make a...
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