R.I.P. Shelley Duvall

Boy, this one made me sad. Duvall had such a unique presence on film. Another reason to get down on our collective hands and knees and thank the universe for Robert Altman and his spot-on judgement.

MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971).

BREWSTER MCCLOUD (1970).

Whatever Happened To...

Every year I like to ask: what happened to THE COMEBACK TRAIL? And more urgently, what happened to SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT? The De Niro film looks like a hoot; Juno Mak’s latest looks like something far greater.

R.I.P. Robert Towne

Damn it, look at the best of the man’s credits, films he wrote and ones he improved upon, and it’s mind-boggling.

BONNIE AND CLYDE DRIVE, HE SAID CISCO PIKE THE GODFATHER

THE LAST DETAIL CHINATOWN THE PARALLAX VIEW SHAMPOO

THE MISSOURI BREAKS MARATHON MAN HEAVEN CAN WAIT REDS

Not Completely Random

Framing. Movement. Background. Stuff.

UPGRADE.

WESTERN.

A WHITE WHITE DAY.

APPLESAUCE.

THE MILL AND THE CROSS.

THE GREAT BEAUTY.

HEADSHOT.

R.I.P. Bill Cobbs

Always a pleasure watching him work.

THE COLOR OF MONEY.

Yeah...

This one kind of got to me.