Today I finished my 26th tax season as a certified public accountant who specializes in tax preparation services. For the last 3 months, my life has been all taxes, all the time. That ends today and now my love of my family and movies can once again take center stage! Tonight I’m watching YOJIMBO simply because seeing Toshiro Mifune makes me feel good. Happy Tax Day my friends!
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, we pay tribute to the year 1964 with….
4 Shots From 4 1964 Films
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964, dir. Stanley Kubrick, DP: Gilbert Taylor)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964, dir by Richard Lester, DP: Gilbert Taylor)
Goldfinger (1964, dir by Guy Hamilton, DP: Ted Moore)
Strait-Jacket (1964, dir by William Castle, DP: Arthur E. Arling)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today would have been Rod Steiger’s birthday. It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Rod Steiger Films
On The Waterfront (1954, dir by Elia Kazan, DP: Boris Kaufman)
The Pawnbroker (1965, dir by Sidney Lumet, DP: Boris Kaufman)
In The Heat of the Night (1967, dir by Norman Jewison, DP: Haskell Wexler)
The Illustrated Man (1969, dir by Jack Smight, DP: Philip H. Lathrop)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today would have been the 102nd birthday of the great Stanley Donen. It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Stanley Donen Films
Singin’ In The Rain (1952, dir by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, DP: Harold Rosson)
Funny Face (1957, dir by Stanley Donen, DP; Ray June)
Two For The Road (1967, dir by Stanley Donen, DP: Christopher Challis)
Saturn 3 (1980, dir by Stanley Donen, DP: Billy Williams)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, we pay tribute to the year 1993 with….
4 Shots From 4 1993 Films
Mi Vida Loca (1993, dir by Allison Anders, DP: Rodrigo Garcia)
Short Cuts (1993, dir by Robert Altman, DP: Walt Lloyd)
Sliver (1993, dir by Phillip Noyce, DP: Vilmos Zsigmond)
The Last Action Hero (1993, directed by John McTiernan, DP: Dean Semler)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today is John Milius’s birthday and you know what? It should be a national holiday!
It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 John Milius Films
Dillinger (1973, dir by John Milius, DP: Jules Brenner)
Big Wednesday (1978, dir by John Milius, DP: Bruce Surtees)
Conan The Barbarian (1982, dir by John Milius, DP: Duke Callaghan)
Red Dawn (1984, dir by John Milius, DP: Ric Waite)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy early birthday to German director Uli Edel, who will be turning 79 tomorrow! It’s time for….
4 Shots from 4 Uli Edel Films
Christiane F. (1981, dir b Uli Edel, DP: Justus Pankau and Jürgen Jürges)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989, dir by Uli Edel, DP: Stefan Czapsky)
Body of Evidence (1993, dir by Uli Edel, DP: Douglas Milsome)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008, dir by Uli Edel, DP: Rainer Klausmann)
The lineup for this year’s Cannes film festival was announced earlier today. There’s only one American film in the official competition. We’re all rooting for you, Ira Sachs!
Here’s the line-up:
Opening film:
LA VÉNUS ÉLECTRIQUE
Pierre SALVADORI
(Out of Competition)
Competition:
AMARGA NAVIDAD Pedro ALMODÓVAR
PARALLEL TALES Asghar FARHADI
A WOMAN’S LIFE Charline BOURGEOIS-TACQUET
LA BOLA NEGRA Javier CALVO & Javier AMBROSSI
COWARD Lukas DHONT
DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER Valeska GRISEBACH
ALL OF SUDDEN HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
THE UNKNOWN Arthur HARARI
ANOTHER DAY Jeanne HERRY
SHEEP IN THE BOX KORE-EDA Hirokazu
HOPE NA Hong-jin
NAGI NOTES FUKADA Koji
GENTLE MONSTER Marie KREUTZER
NOTRE SALUT Emmanuel MARRE
FJORD Cristian MUNGIU
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY Léa MYSIUS
MOULIN László NEMES
FATHERLAND Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI
THE MAN I LOVE Ira SACHS
EL SER QUERIDO (THE BELOVED) Rodrigo SOROGOYEN
MINOTAUR Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV
Un Certain Regard
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA Jane SCHOENBRUN
Opening Film
ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG Abinash
BIKRAM SHAH 1st film
IRON BOY Louis CLICHY
BEN’IMANA Marie-Clémentine DUSABEJAMBO
1st film
CONGO BOY Rafiki FARIALA
CLUB KID Jordan FIRSTMAN
1st film
UĻA Viesturs KAIRIŠS
LA MÁS DULCE (STRAWBERRIES) Laïla MARRAKCHI
EL DESHIELO (THE MELTDOWN) Manuela MARTELLI
SIEMPRE SOY TU ANIMAL MATERNO (FOREVER YOUR MATERNAL ANIMAL) Valentina MAUREL
YESTERDAY THE EYE DIDN’T SLEEP Rakan MAYASI
I’LL BE GONE IN JUNE Katharina RIVILIS
1st film
WORDS OF LOVE Rudi ROSENBERG
EVERYTIME Sandra WOLLNER
ALL THE LOVERS IN THE NIGHT SODE Yukiko
Out of Competition
LA BATAILLE DE GAULLE : L’ÂGE DE FER Antonin BAUDRY
KARMA Guillaume CANET
DIAMOND Andy GARCIA
L’ABANDON Vincent GARENQ
L’OBJET DU DÉLIT Agnès JAOUI
HER PRIVATE HELL Nicolas WINDING REFN
Midnight Screenings
FULL PHIL Quentin DUPIEUX
SANGUINE Marion LE CORROLLER
1st film
ROMA ELASTICA Bertrand MANDICO
JIM QUEEN Marco NGUYEN & Nicolas ATHANÉ
1st film
GUN-CHE (COLONY) YEON Sang-ho
Cannes Première
LA TROISIÈME NUIT Daniel AUTEUIL
THE MATCH Juan CABRAL & Santiago FRANCO
KOKUROJO (THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER) KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
HEIMSUCHUNG (VISITATION) Volker SCHLÖNDORFF
PROPELLER ONE-WAY NIGHT COACH John TRAVOLTA
Special Screenings
REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION Pegah AHANGARANI
1st film
LES MATINS MERVEILLEUX Avril BESSON
1st film
L’AFFAIRE MARIE-CLAIRE Lauriane ESCAFFRE & Yvo MULLER
AVEDON Ron HOWARD
LES SURVIVANTS DU CHE Christophe Dimitri RÉVEILLE
1st film
JOHN LENNON : THE LAST INTERVIEW Steven SODERBERGH
CANTONA David TRYHORN & Ben NICHOLAS
4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films is just what it says it is, 4 (or more) shots from 4 (or more) of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films lets the visuals do the talking.
Today, on Jean-Paul Belmondo’s birthday, we pay tribute to French cinema! It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 French Film
The 400 Blows (1959, dir by François Truffaut, DP: Henri Decae)
Breathless (1960, dir by Jean-Luc Godard, DP: Raoul Coutard)
The Iron Rose (1973, dir by Jean Rollin)
The Girl With A Bracelet (2020, dir by Stéphane Demoustier, DP: Sylvain Verdet)
4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films is just what it says it is, 4 (or more) shots from 4 (or more) of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films lets the visuals do the talking.
Today is Francis Ford Coppola’s birthday! Coppola is a bit of a controversial figure among some film scholars. While everyone agrees that, with the first two Godfathers, he directed two of the greatest films of all time (and some people would include Apocalypse Now on that list as well) and that he was one of the most important directors of the 70s, his post-Apocalypse Now career is often held up as a cautionary tale. Some say that Coppola’s career suffered because of his own excessive behavior and spending. Others argue that he was treated unfairly by a film industry that resented his refusal to compromise his vision and ambitions. Personally, my natural instinct is to always side with the artist over the executives and that’s certainly the case with Coppola. Coppola has only completed five films since the start of this current century and three of them were not widely released. Say what you will about the films themselves, that still doesn’t seem right. For the record, I liked Megalopolis when I saw it but I don’t remember much about it now.
Regardless of how one views his latter career, Coppola is responsible for some of the best and most important films ever made. And today, on his birthday, it’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Francis Ford Coppola Films
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