Director Maria Schrader’s “She Said” probably isn’t a movie that will play well to the holiday crowd, but it comes from an old tradition in filmmaking that lionizes the fourth estate as the last defender of democracy and justice in a world of corruption and hate. To paraphrase a “Pamphleteer” colleague, what better way isContinue reading “HUMMEL Review – She Said”
Monthly Archives: December 2022
Tyler’s 10 Greatest Films of All Time – A Theoretical Sights and Sounds Submission
I am not and was not eligible to submit to the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound vote as to the greatest films of all time. I don’t particularly care of course. I am a member of the Music City Film Critics Association with five years of published film criticism under my belt. I don’tContinue reading “Tyler’s 10 Greatest Films of All Time – A Theoretical Sights and Sounds Submission”
“Labyrinth” (1986) and Fairy Tales – By Simon Maass
While no hit immediately upon its release in 1986, the motion picture “Labyrinth” has since garnered the status of a cult classic. This belated popularity is not highly surprising – directed by Jim Henson, executive-produced by George Lucas, starring David Bowie and a young Jennifer Connelly, the project was hardly short on talent. Indeed, manyContinue reading ““Labyrinth” (1986) and Fairy Tales – By Simon Maass”
Cultural Revue 