For All Mankind
What we’re watching this weekend. View fullsize View fullsize
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl, a film by Ken Burns, is as heartbreaking as it is intriguing. A documentary about one of the worst man-made disasters in American history. I’m researching and writing a few treatments for documentaries I want to produce in 2014, and of all the docs I’ve seen recently, The Dust Bowl is a…
Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman
Criterion is releasing a box set of three films by the Italian film director Roberto Rossellini and starring Hollywood’s Ingrid Bergman, Stromboli, Europe ’51, and Journey to Italy. These are remarkable films–highly recommend Journey to Italy, a film about a husband and wife whose marriage begins to disintegrate while traveling near Naples. A masterpiece film…
“Post Tenebras Lux” (Light After Darkness)
The best film of 2013 is out on DVD and we highly recommend it. Directed by our favorite modern film director, Carlos Reygadas. Also, see his masterpiece film “Silent Light“, 2007. View fullsize View fullsize