I am off to London in a few hours time. It is unlikely I will be able to contribute the usual columns whilst gone, but I do intend to post some movie-centric stuff on Big Heads during the week. London is one of the three greatest movie-going cities in the world (with New York and Paris), and had a whopping 12 cinemas listed in this article. I hope to visit many of them.
A weekly feature here on Big Heads that looks forward to the week ahead on the mighty Turner Classic Movies. For your viewing and recording pleasure. The column returns and so does TCM, with a marvelous week of programming after stumbling through Summer Under the Stars. Friday, September 11 05:
I use the term "Underrated Auteur" frequently on the TCM Look-Ahead column. These are the less ballyhooed names from Hollywood history who nevertheless can rightly be classified as auteurs, with long, generally successful careers within the restrictions of the Hollywood system, yet managed to make distinct, personal
In The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929 - 1968, Andrew Sarris provided an extremely useful and entertaining appendix he called "Directorial Chronology." It was basically a best American film of the year list with a highly auteurist, idiosyncratic bent. So you would see things like Man's
Admittedly late, due to travel and procrastination, but some good ones in August (and 2 or 3 masterpieces at that). A Dandy in Aspic (1968), directed by Anthony Mann I have been seeking this out in my quest for Anthony Mann completion (it was his last film). Finally found a