Josef von Sternberg
A broad account of Sternberg's career followed by a perceptive and engaging discussion of the key themes and philosophy of his cinema, with focus on his rarely seen, last film, The Saga of Anatahan.
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b. March 11, 1887, New York, New York, USA. d. December 31, 1980, Simi Valley, California, USA. filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources “Here’s to girls and gunpowder!” —Gregory Peck...
View ArticleMax Ophuls: A New Art – But Who Notices?
Where cinema becomes music, entwining emotion and movement, Ophuls allows his female characters to hold centre stage.
View ArticleHitchcock, Machines, and Us
A probing examination into Hitchcock's cinema and its pull between the expressionist and the formalist/conceptual.
View ArticleFord Rises from the Dead. Again.
John Ford's early film, Bucking Broadway, was recently 'found' in Paris and later restored. Ford expert, Tag Gallagher appraises the restoration.
View ArticleThe Swine who Rewrote F. Scott Fitzgerald: Joseph L. Mankiewicz as Producer
As a producer for MGM, Mankiewicz put his signature on films by a variety of directors – not necessarily for the better.
View ArticleFord Till ’47
“The essential Ford composition is a person acting freely within a geometric space,” writes Gallagher in this close look at the first half of a great and complex career.
View ArticleRenoir and the Scandal of “First Love” or The Perils of Catherine
For Renoir, “first love” is an attitude toward life, in all its beauty and complexity.
View ArticleWhite Melodrama: Douglas Sirk
An insightful reappraisal of the æsthetics of the great Hollywood director.
View ArticleLacrimae Rerum Materialized
An exploration of the Straubs' majestic œuvre, countering much of the received dogma that has surrounded perception of their work.
View ArticlePassage: John Ford’s Young Mr. Lincoln
Noted Ford scholar Tag Gallagher casts his gaze over this well worn 1939 classic and discovers further treasures in Ford’s poetic vision.
View ArticleAmerican Triptych: Vidor, Hawks and Ford
Three legendary classical directors are put under the spotlight, and the results of Gallagher’s analysis are always illuminating and surprising.
View ArticleHow to Share a Hill
Illuminating discussion of the æsthetic and philosophical connections between King Vidor and the renowned American painter Andrew Wyeth.
View ArticleStraub Anti-Straub
Tag Gallagher notes that Pedro Costa describes his film on Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub, Où gît votre sourire enfoui?, as “anti-Straubian”. Gallagher offers a vibrant discussion of Costa’s...
View ArticleChains of Dreams: Carl Th. Dreyer
“Are the characters responsible for the emotions which destroy them? This is a secret that belongs to the heart and is the constant wonder of Day of Wrath.” With remarkable precision, Tag Gallagher...
View ArticleWhy Samuel Fuller?
The recent DVD release of White Dog gives Tag Gallagher cause to take stock of Fuller’s career and ponder what exactly it was that set him apart of other directors.
View ArticleBrother Feeney — Francis Ford
Elder brother to John Ford, Francis Ford had a long and distinguished career – as actor, director, writer, producer – in his own right. His influence on the younger, and more famous, Ford was far more...
View ArticleJosef von Sternberg
A broad account of Sternberg's career followed by a perceptive and engaging discussion of the key themes and philosophy of his cinema, with focus on his rarely seen, last film, The Saga of Anatahan....
View ArticleRaoul Walsh
b. March 11, 1887, New York, New York, USA. d. December 31, 1980, Simi Valley, California, USA. filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources “Here’s to girls and gunpowder!” —Gregory Peck...
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