Dialogic Cinephilia - April 28, 2018

Accomando, Beth, et al. "A Better Tomorrow (1986)." The Projection Booth #350 (December 26, 2017) ["John Woo's A Better Tomorrow(1986). The film, a hallmark of the “heroic bloodshed” subgenre of action films, did for gunplay what a generation of Hong Kong films had done with swords. The film tells the tale of Ho (Ti Lung), a criminal whose younger brother, Kit (Leslie Cheung), is a police officer. He's betrayed by a fellow gangster (Waise Lee) and sent up the river. When he returns to Hong Kong he wants to stay on the right side of the law which is more difficult than it should be.  The film speaks to loyalty, brotherhood, and put Chow Yun-Fat on the map as a bankable action star. Cinema Junkie's Beth Accomando and Mike wax fondly about the glory days of HK Cinema, twin brothers, strange sequels, and the true colors of a hero."]

Collins, Max Allan. "Kiss Me Deadly (1955)." The Projection Booth #352 (February 13, 2018) ["Based on the 1952 Mickey Spillane novel, Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly (1955) stars Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer, a hard-boiled gumshoe who gets dragged into a mystery involving a glowing case, duplicitous dames, and two-fisted violence. Max Allan Collins, director of Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane, talks about his career and working on Mickey Spillane's posthumous work. Writer Andrew Nette and Professor Kevin Heffernan join Mike to discuss paranoia, the cold war, and much more."]

Greene, Doyle. "The More Things Change: Any Cohen's Then and Now." Film Criticism 42.3 (Autumn 2018)

Frances Ha (USA: Noah Baumbach, 2012) Dialogic Cinephilia (Ongoing Archive)

Grabowsky, Jessica, et al. "Tom of Finland (2017)." The Projection Booth #348 (November 11, 2017) ["Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen redefined gay erotica with his intricate, fetishistic drawings of muscle-bound uniformed men. Dome Karukoski's 2017 bio-pic Tom of Finland explores the life of Laaksonen (Pekka Strang) and his legacy. Maitland McDonagh (120 Days Books) joins Mike to discuss Tom of Finland, Daddy and the Muscle Academy, and more."]

Greene, Doyle. "Storage Wars: A Reading After the Weinstein Scandal." Film Criticism 42.3 (Autumn 2018)

Hart, David and Alejandra Gonzalez. "Frances Ha and Female Friendship." Pop Culture Case Study #287 (November 30, 2017)

Metz, Walter. "The Atomic Gambit of Twin Peaks: The Return." Film Criticism 41.3 (Fall 2017)




Nakhnikian, Elise. "Interview: Rachel Weisz on Bringing Disobedience to Life." Slant (April 27, 2018)

Smith, Jordan. "The Authors of The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist on the Legacy of Junk Forensics in Mississippi and Beyond." The Intercept (April 22, 2018)