The Films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All twenty JLM films rated to coincide with a retrospective at the Criterion Collection. This includes his masterpiece “All About Eve”.
Read Moreby Patrick | Jan 30, 2022 | Criterion Collection, Directors, My Favorites, TV / Streaming
All twenty JLM films rated to coincide with a retrospective at the Criterion Collection. This includes his masterpiece “All About Eve”.
Read Moreby Patrick | Jan 10, 2022 | Directors, My Favorites
Why did a great director make so many bad movies? How could the man who made “Dog Day Afternoon” make 24 unwatchable films?
Read Moreby Patrick | Jan 14, 2022 | Directors, My Favorites
Because of his naming names at the HUAC, what you think of Elia Kazan’s oeuvre depends on whether you can separate the artist from the art.
Read Moreby Patrick | Mar 15, 2022 | Directors, My Favorites, Uncategorized
One masterpiece (“Taxi Driver”). Seven near masterpieces including “Raging Bull”, “Innocence” and “Irishman”. Let’s hope he never stops.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 19, 2022 | Directors, My Favorites
This is a good time to take a look at what is truly an incredible list: Woody Allen’s record-breaking sixteen Oscar Nominations for Best Original Screenplay.
Read Moreby Patrick | May 21, 2022 | Directors, My Favorites
Although Charles Laughton made only one and, therefore, final film, based on this film alone, he is of the Great Directors.
Number One: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (Sidney Lumet: 2007). Number Five: Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock: 1976).
by Patrick | May 28, 2023 | Award Season, Directors, My Favorites, Oscars
Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, John Ford, William Wyler, Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese are listed.
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