2022 Emmys: Limited Series Winners.
The winners in the Limited Series category, were EXACTLY as forecast with “The White Lotus” taking Best Limited Series.
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Category: The Criterion Collection
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
All twenty JLM films rated to coincide with a retrospective at the Criterion Collection. This includes his masterpiece “All About Eve”.
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Fox Noir on The Criterion Collection
Fox Noir: Welcome to the world of the femme fatale and multiple flashbacks. Otto Preminger’s “Laura” with Clifton Webb is the crown jewel.
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La Nouvelle Vague at the Criterion Collection.
I have confined myself to rating thirteen films from the height of La Nouvelle Vague. This was before Jean-Luc Godard, in particular, seemed to loose his joy in making movies.
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1962. David and Lisa. 50s 60s
In fact, many of Theodore Isaac Rubin’s beliefs have now fallen out of favor. Despite the film’s sensitive moments, it often seems dangerously simplistic and naive.
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1967. Portrait of Jason. 50s 60s
A true breakthrough and a film that has improved with age. Documentary filmmaker Shirley Clarke interviews gay African American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer Jason Holliday in his apartment at the Hotel Chelsea.
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1975. Jeanne Dielman. 70s 80s 90s
In “Jeanne Dielman”, a feminist masterpiece, the everyday details of a caring mother contrast with her life as a prostitute.
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Andrea Arnold’s Sensational Live Action Shorts.
A young mother (Natalie Press), who wants to rekindle an old relationship, neglects her four children for an evening.
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Kosovo’s Best International Film “Hive”.
“Hive” Kosovo’s best international film shortlister focuses on a group of women whose husbands dissapeared during the war.
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The Spirit of the Age eludes Bruno Dumont in “France”.
“France” is insulting and clueless and, just like “Don’t Look Up” which it resembles, it is totally out of touch with the zeitgeist.
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