Tag Archives: New Hollywood
PAPER MOON
BY ROBIN D FOX This is a gem of a movie. No denying; essential viewing: a classic. But somehow it’s been shuffled away into a drawer. Or at least it seems that way to me. It’s as if everyone’s seen the poster or at least the DVD cover (it hasn’t ever gone out of print […]
THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS
BY ROBIN D FOX This film’s opening is one of the most trusting of its audience I’ve ever seen. It opens with the subdued, bi-spectacled face of Jack Nicholson. Too close for comfort; filling a dark and indiscernible space. Barely (though perfectly) lit, speaking to someone unseen (Lazlo Kovacs would set many trends lensing this […]
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