Category Archives: Art

Before the Wall Came Down: Polish Poster Variations

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

Until the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union, U.S. publicity materials for American films had been banned in Poland. During that time, Polish poster artists responded with clever, inventive interpretations that were … Continue reading →

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The Year So Far: Documentaries

Posted on July 16, 2017 by

There have been so many great documentaries in recent years. It’s an incredibly flexible art form. The following fourteen are the best of what I saw from January through June of this year. ______________________________________________________ Abacas: Small Enough to Jail (Steve … Continue reading →

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“Dawson City: Frozen Time” – Amazing!

Posted on June 8, 2017 by

Dawson City: Frozen Time is unlike any film you’re likely to have seen before. The discovery and subsequent restoration of 533 reels of 35mm nitrate film prints buried as landfill in a swimming pool provides the way into director Bill … Continue reading →

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Movie Tie-Ins: Novelizations & Comic Books

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

NOVELIZATIONS Film novelizations have been around since the 1920s, but it was in the 1950s, with the proliferation of mass-market paperbacks, that they began to appear in large numbers. This is when I started reading them. Novelizations, as you would … Continue reading →

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Men’s Adventure Magazines: Weasels Ripped My Flesh

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

I often find some very interesting stuff when I’m doing a search for film posters, stills, and other materials. Recently the cover for a men’s adventure magazine from the 1950s popped up. I dropped what I was doing and started … Continue reading →

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“Be curious. Stand up. Keep your eyes open. Don’t blink.” – Robert Frank

Posted on July 16, 2016 by

What a terrific year this has been so far for documentaries. I just saw another great one, Don’t Blink – Robert Frank, directed by Laura Israel. I wish I had time to write a more finished piece, but we’re leaving … Continue reading →

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Varieties of Human Experience: Recent Documentaries

Posted on June 4, 2016 by

In the last ten to twenty years, in addition to informing us in a journalistic sense, the best documentaries have been artistic expressions in their own right. The ones I’ve seen lately have been outstanding, uplifting, deeply moving, and extremely … Continue reading →

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