The Pledge (2001)
Director: Sean Penn By Marilyn Ferdinand Failure is a part of life—a painful part, to be sure, but usually not fatal. Sometimes it comes from overreaching our abilities, sometimes from making promises...
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Director: Cindy Sherman By Marilyn Ferdinand A long time ago, January 15, 2006, to be exact, I posted a short essay on Cindy Sherman, a photographer whose work I greatly admire. At the time, I...
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Producer/Director/Writer: Damon Vignale By Marilyn Ferdinand On a break from the festival, I started watching a classic Italian film on TCM, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s directorial debut, Accattone (1961)....
View ArticleThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Director: Jonathan Demme By Roderick Heath Jonathan Demme’s death last week at the age of 73 sent a shock through the film world. Demme was one of the many talents to graduate from Roger Corman’s...
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