Previous advisor had this one on the syllabus of an undergrad film theory course, and for good reason (although many of us would never put it on any syllabus). It…
Do the Czechs (and their forerunners, the Czechoslovakians) have a thing for Chaplin? Or perhaps, “Czaplin”? Watching The Good Soldier Schweik and I Served the King of England in the…
A paragon of the formulaic comedy film and hilarious “remake” of Kurosawa’s Kagemusha that can’t be besmirched, Dave proves through the comic genius of Kevin Kline and a refreshingly simple…
It’s refreshing to come across a “postcolonial” film that is about much more than postcolonialism (or “neocolonialism,” if you prefer). Tomás Guttiérrez Alea had a clear and legitimate political bent…