Monthly Archives: October 2012

It’s said that, years ago, you could start a fistfight by suggesting that Alfred Hitchcock was a “real artist,” as opposed to a simple, impersonal craftsman of high-octane entertainments. On the same bubble, if you said that Jerry Lewis was … Continue reading →

Hi there, here are some new additions to Netflix Instant that are worth taking a look at: Elena (Andrey Zvyagintsev) – another acclaimed drama from the director of The Return Polisse (Maïwenn Le Besco) – from the 2011 Cannes competition slate Monsieur Lazhar … Continue reading →

Service provided by TheFilmsaurus Recommends! One of the strongest films in current theatrical release is Rian Johnson’s Looper, a thrilling and well-written sci-fi noir that showcases the writer-director’s knack for combining genre kicks with sophisticated storytelling, out of which, through layers … Continue reading →

Service provided by TheFilmsaurus Recommends! From Jean-Pierre Melville, master of the dour, contemplative, yet visually transfixing French crime thriller, an unusual heist film starring screen legends Yves Montand, Gian Maria Volonté, and Alain Delon. Recommended for a user who likes: … Continue reading →

Readers! In the interest of making my grand TheFilmsaurus project more fun, more interactive, as well as more, let’s say, actionable, I have set up a Form on the web-based form service Wufoo. How it works: you fill in the … Continue reading →

Response to the AV Club‘s “50 Best Films of the 1990s” series was quickly characterized by the hot-button issue of female directors, or the absence thereof from the canon. Scanning the list, which was assembled from ballots by staffers and … Continue reading →