Tag: Take one Take two

One of the great summer pastimes, for millions of midwestern Americans, is the county fair.

John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg and … Ulu Grosbard. Most movie buffs will certainly recognize the first three names on our list as Hollywood movie directors, but Ulu Grosbard?

War is not glamorous. It’s brutal, chaotic and lurid.

How do you prepare a movie audience for what they are about to see? A bomb on the underside of a car, a dramatic revelation after an icy slap, or a tender love scene between two strangers at a bar?

With the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the volatility of the stock market, the banking industry and Wall Street have been dominating the news lately.

They can’t all be winners.

As the holidays approach and we reflect on our family and blessings, it’s the second chances we’re given that are often most rewarding.

“We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts.” - Stephen King

Few filmmakers in cinema history have had as profound an effect on the medium as Jean-Luc Godard, who earlier this month at 91.