Music o’ the Wind: Song of Granite
Notes on a gorgeous and humbling Irish anti-biopic from 2017
These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2)
Titles 3 -10 on my Best Of The Year list for 2023
These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1)
Some words about criticism and assessment, and the first two of my 10 best list for 2023….
Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man
A Nietzschean take on a 90’s Sci-Fi action flick that offers a revealing peak into current right-wing fears
Film All Around Us: The “we love” Installation
a public art piece housed in a Chicago commuter train station teaches us about the enduring power of moving pictures
Great Endings Series: Parade
The final scene in French master Jacques Tati’s twilight feature about performance and spectatorship implores a new generation to discover the joys of Play and Creativity.
Good Times at the Tropic Cinema
A few thoughts on cinema in other places, the wonderful voodoo of independent theaters and a cinema of pleading its case
My Best Films List For 2022
The Flickering Knight’s best list for the year - with a cautionary introduction.
Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever
A look at the changing nature of representational empowerment.
2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema
Just a few examples of the top-down rethinking of Cinema's potential from its most brilliant innovator, who passed away this year at 91.
The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May
The difficulty of categorizing the trailblazing Writer/Director/Actor Elaine May, one of the most overlooked figures in American movies.
Great Endings Series: In The Mouth Of Madness
The ending of John Carpenter's Lovecraftian nightmare tells a rather stinging joke.
Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival
A breakdown of what I saw, what I observed, and what it suggests
Great Endings Series: The Three Stooges “Boobs in Arms”
A new Flickering Knight feature looking at memorable or noteworthy finales kicks off with a Three Stooges short that laughs all the way up to the clouds.
4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project
An examination of the increasing overlap between movie thrills and real life violence.
Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song
A fresh take on a familiar story and the value of older actors.
American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies
Looking at this 2004 documentary about a quirky New York eatery and its brash, philosophical cook.
The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies!
An ode to blockbuster screenwriting that looks at Simon Gruber's wild scheme in Die Hard With A Vengeance as a satirical piece of social commentary.