The camera spends a lot of time spinning in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” It spins through elegant department stores and down wide boulevards; it reels from room to room of a gorgeous apartment and between the wobbly tables of a basement...
This is my 50th Short Films In Focus piece for this site and I’m guessing I have lots of new readers and clicks this month. Welcome! What brings you here? Do you suddenly have a newfound interest in the short film form? Curious to see some...
Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” deals with a typical family of the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City of the early 1970s during a period when their absent, philandering father abandons them. The film is told through the eyes of...
There have been rumblings about Clint Eastwood retiring from filmmaking, which has me conflicted: I've been a fan of his acting and direction since I was about 15, even though my relationship to his direction has had ups and downs (the year 2014,...