Director Altman has delivered many fantastic openings, but “The Player” tops them all, with its intriguing and technically brilliant beginning.
Film Theory: Beginnings of Movies–Best Openings–“The Player” (1992), Directed by Altman
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Erotic Movies: A Dirty Shame (2004)–John Waters Last Movie
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John Waters’ 2004 box office bomb A Dirty Shame remains the director’s last–and possibly worst–feature directorial effort.
Zone of Interest, The: Director’s Dilemmas–How Much to Show? How Much to Imply? How Much to Avoid
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The director raises tough questions about culpability, deniability, filmic representations of violence, and the director’s own responsibility.
Erotic Movies: “Lust, Caution” (2007)–Can Explicit Sex Be Dull? Yes!
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Ang Lee’s erotic espionage thriller “Lust, Caution” may be the highest-grossing NC-17 movie of all time ($67 million globally), but ultimately it’s a dull narrative, failing to involve viewers–even as voyeurs.
Lumet at 100: Celebration of Seminal, Quintessential Director, Born in 1924, Made 44 Features
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Artistically and thematically, Sidney Lumet’s The Pawnbroker is a significant film–it is one of the first Hollywood movies to deal with the Holocaust and its aftermath.
