Category Archives: Film

June Newsletter: Riddle of Fire, Il Cinema Ritrovato and Fisherman’s Blues

    Photos: Classiq Journal     ”I wanted to make it the ultimate kids movie where these kid characters have everything that you would want as a kid––like dirt bikes, paintball guns, the freedom, beautiful woods to adventure and … Read More →

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Talking Costumes in Wim Wenders’ “Paris, Texas”

“Once I was driving to a screening for Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders recalls in his book Einmal, “with Harry Dean Stanton in an incredibly long limousine. Even in the middle of New York, Harry was still Travis, sitting in the back of his brother’s car and driving silently through the desert.” Read More →

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May newsletter: Freediving, makers who maintain culture, and Jacques Tati begins where Buster Keaton left off

May newsletter: Freediving, makers who maintain culture, and Jacques Tati begins where Buster Keaton left off. Read More →

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Read Instead…in Print

“An actor’s shirt has to be made out of the same material as his face.” – Andrei Tarkovsky
In the book Costumes for the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, costume designer Nelli Fomina recounts her contribution to world cinema classics Solaris, The Mirror and Stalker.
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Denim on Film: Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future

Michael J. Fox in “Back to the Future”, 1985, directed by Robert Zemeckis. Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment   When the stars align, or, more realistically speaking, when the many moving parts that create a film work in perfect harmony, a … Read More →

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