Tag: lesblank

Les Blank's documentary, made with Maureen Gosling, magnificently captures a tale of a singular filmmaker's obsession. It's endlessly rewatchable.

Plus: John Hughes' 'The Breakfast Club,' Reginald Hudlin's 'House Party,' Howard Hughes' 'Hell's Angels,' and Abbas Kiarostami getes Eclipsed.

The cinema of Les Blank is one of wonder, a childlike sense of openness and discovery.  It's a mischievous wonder, the kind of freedom not dissimilar to the five year old who insists on wearing a Halloween costume to church...

Set to arrive in the thick of the U.S. presidential primary season, The Manchurian Candidate promises to be a timely release from the Criterion Collection in March 2016. On a happier note, Edward Yang's masterful A Brighter Summer Day will...

Although I watched the whole of A Poem is a Naked Person, I have no recollection of of that phrase being uttered. Which is unexpected, considering it's an oddly specific phrase. The keyword here is "unexpected". As a piece of...