Poetry in America — Season 2
One element of any great work of art is that it always provides something new, something more to see, when you return to it. What impressed me most about New’s… Continue reading "Poetry in America — Season 2"
Author: Evan Cogswell
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SXSW 2018 — Making the Grade
“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”
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Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong, 2015)
From the order of the title cards, the film appears to be providing a commentary that states Cheonsoo’s actions in the second half are much more laudable than his actions in the first, even though some later scenes demonstrate how inconsiderate he still can be, and his inflated opinion of himself never vanishes.
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Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story (Heikin, 2014)
“We were inclined to accept a little erratic behavior, given his status,” says Ron Carter, jazz bassist, “when he (Frank Morgan) played the horn, you forgot about those things.”
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Fred Zinnemann: Oklahoma!
No song is shot completely in one take, but whenever the camera can move instead of cut, it does
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My Best Picture Choice: Mad Max: Fury Road
The sheer spectacle of Fury Road is almost on the scale of grand opera; it's dominated and driven forward by form and design.
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Favorite 2015 Discoveries — Evan Cogswell’s List
This is not a top ten of 2015 list; it is a list of older movies that I watched for the first time this year.
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“Feel Better” Movies — Evan Cogswell’s List
I initially planned to balance my selection among different types of films, but then I realized the films that really help me feel better in dark times are offbeat comedies and tragic cautionary tales.
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Spotlight (McCarthy, 2015)
Director Tom McCarthy delivers a somber, sobering film which denies any character (or the viewer) the feeling of moral superiority.
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Bridge of Spies (Spielberg, 2015)
The first half of Bridge of Spies is Spielberg at his finest.