Kings Of The Road (1976)

I’d long wanted to see Wim Wenders’ Kings of the Road (1976; Im Lauf der Zeit, “in the course of time” is the translated title). All I knew about it was that it was three hours long, filmed in black and white, and shot in Germany (West Germany at the time), and involved cinemas. It […]

Contempt (1963)

Contempt (1963; Le Mepris) was a film that I admired or appreciated rather than loved. I’ve long read about it, seen it discussed by film critics and directors, and it did help to learn this was director Jean-Luc Godard’s only film financially backed by American film producers and that he didn’t like the filming experience. […]

Cleo From 5 To 7 (1962)

Only having seen One Sings, The Other Doesn’t, I was excited to explore further the career of director Agnes Varda. Taking advantage of the ‘Voila Varda’ section on the expanded Mubi library, I was finally able to watch her film, Cleo From 5 To 7 (1962; Cléo de 5 à 7), a classic of the […]

Get Crazy (1983)

I’ve always wanted to see Get Crazy (1983) after hearing that Malcolm McDowell plays a Mick Jagger parody named Reggie Wanker. Someone put it all up onto YouTube and it’s a live action rock n roll cartoon (from Allan Arkush, director of Rock n Roll High School) that makes fun of hippies, rock, punk, new […]