In the first scene of THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, the Berkman family plays a game of mixed doubles tennis. It’s more heated than it has to be, and at one point the father ...
The man rides on horseback, the blistering wind and rain beating down and across. On the soundtrack, Leonard Cohen tells of a man reaching for the sky just to surrender. ...
The boy lies on his back in the grass staring at the clouds as they go by. Who knows where they’ll be in an hour. Who knows where the boy will be in twelve years. Mason...
The Kelly Affair is a hip, swingin’ band just trying to make it big. But playing high school dances won’t do much to introduce the trio to fame, so they have to set t...
Success is a taunting beast, and there may not be a person alive who doesn’t want it, especially if in New York City. The city is a haven for would-bes, hungry and ambi...
The man walks through the desert, up and down thick mounds, leaving a line of footprints behind. His are the only human-made marks on the land. At a point, he stops to ph...
At school, Jo is lousy at playing ball during recess. In the bathroom afterwards, she says she does it on purpose. A classmate asks if she’ll be going to the dance that...
When a man’s daughter is about to marry another man’s son, it would be customary for the fathers to get to know one another. Maybe it’s with a barbecue or a round o...
Birds chirp, wind blows, water moves. A young woman swims with her tribemates, her long dark hair flowing in the water. Her voice (“Dear mother, you fill the land with ...
ALICE IN THE CITIES (1974) Photojournalist Phil Winter (Rüdiger Vogler, who previously worked with director Wim Wenders on 1972’s THE GOAL KEEPER’S FEAR OF THE PENAL...
