“I am not complete”, says Edward in Tim Burton’s movie Edward Scissorshands. This quote captures the essence of most of Burton’s characters. (more…)

If journalism is the first draft of history, then cinema is its editor, patrolling the border of our minds between what is accurate and what is glorified and romanced. (more…)

It was in more than one way that fictional character Charles Foster Kane shared a verisimilitude with real-life media mogul William Randolph Heart (even if it was a hostile parody of the man) (more…)

Matthew Weiner isn’t chasing David Chase anymore. Weiner caught him.

At the recent Emmy Awards Weiner’s show “Mad Men” garnered several accolades including one for writing. It is in the design of the script, the planning of each word said onscreen (more…)

Tokyo! is a movie composed of three stories developed by different directors, under the premise of locating the plot in the Japanese capital. The French Michel Gondry and Leo Carax, and the Korean Joon-ho Bong, gave live to this interesting production, creating a kind of visual tryptic of Tokyo city. (more…)

Slumdog Millionaire opens with a question:

Jamal Malick is one question away from winning 20 million rupees. How did he do it? (more…)

Ah, David Lynch, that inscrutable master of macabre doings on Main Street, U.S.A. The deranged impresario behind cult classics (more…)

This week marks the 10th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s passing on March 7, 1999. Not only was he one of the greatest directors ever, but arguably the best all-around filmmaker. Beginning with Lolita (1962), Kubrick exercised increasing control over nearly every aspect of his independent productions. (more…)

When a film by the late Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni comes to mind, I think of a quiet, contemplative place full of bold, mysterious, almost overwhelming images. Not since the silent era has a director placed such dependence on the image to convey his vision. (more…)

In the world of Madison Avenue circa 1960, life was a party. Adulterous flings, come-ons and ogling twenty-something secretaries were like sport for the hipster ad men in charge. The women, on the other hand, were no more than dolls, sweethearts, (more…)