What Is Real? Artifice and Authenticity in “The Story of Film”
The last episodes of the 15-part of THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY (2011), filmmaker and narrator Mark Cousins continues to explore the constancy of change in cinema as it moves from celluloid to the...
View Article“The Story of Film: An Odyssey” Is a Journey Well Worth Taking
THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY (2011) is indeed a journey. Clocking in at 900 minutes (via 15 one-hour segments), it’s a labor of love by both the filmmaker and the audience — and very well worth the...
View ArticleUnderrated and Forgotten: “The Country Doctor” and the Dionne Quintuplets
I can’t help myself: I tear out articles from the newspaper. Relentlessly. I sometimes wonder if this is a genetic behavior disorder and think of my aunt. She kept scrapbooks, stashed away in old...
View ArticleA Perfect Pairing: Classic Chili and Chasen’s Documentary
I’m all for viewing parties that have perfect pairings of food and film — like fish tacos being served at a screening of JAWS. And I will be forever grateful that I went to a home screening of the...
View ArticleTCM Starts Airing “The Story of Film” Documentary Tonight
TCM will begin airing the 15-part documentary THE STORY OF FILM tonight. It’s a fascinating ride through the history of film by historian Mark Cousins, and you’ll end up with a long, long list of...
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