BLINDSPOT: THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
When the film begins we — looking at the stars — are given a short introduction with the yet to be introduced character of Rachel Cooper (Lillian Gish) speaking to the children. She says: Beware…
ZACH BRAFF IS KICKSTARTING TOO
Approximately a month ago Rob Thomas stormed onto Kickstarter — the popular crowdfunding website — and was able to ascertain over $5 milliion dollars in fan contributions in order to make a Veronica Mars movie.…
AMAZON’S TV PILOT FOR ‘ZOMBIELAND’ AND HOW IT FAILS IT’S PREDECESOR
Recently Amazon Studios released online – for free – the pilot episode of their Zombieland series. With Ruben Fliescher still unable to manage to work together the budget or time to do a sequel to…
ANNOUNCEMENT: THE PEDRO ALMODOVAR MARATHON
I’m not sure if anyone out there would call this filmmaker blindspot egregious, but somehow I feel it is. With two marathons complete this year (John Cassavetes & John Ford) I feel a need to…
WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ON THE FILMMAKING OF JOHN FORD
If there’s one thing this marathon taught me is that five films isn’t barely enough to get to know a director. Unlike the Cassavetes, where I had watched ten of his films before writing a…