Admittedly I used the pandemic as an opportunity to watch older films rather than new ones, erasing some major blindspots for myself (including The Red Shoes, Ordet, Céline and Julie Go Boating, and Dekalog) and revisiting several of my favorite pictures (The Big Heat, Alice in the Cities, and Stagecoach). Continue reading “The Best Films of 2020”
Woyzeck (1979)
Werner Herzog’s adaptation of Georg Büchner’s unfinished 19th century play is an often beguiling if muddled character drama. Continue reading “Woyzeck (1979)”
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Werner Herzog is rather frenetic and instinctive in his approach toward filmmaking. He uses the camera in the same fashion Jackson Pollock uses a paint can, relying upon impulse and coincidence rather than deliberation. Continue reading “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)”
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