“But it’s good. It’s my life.” -Becky (Juliette Lewis) from What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) It’s good. It’s my list. It was an absolute joy reflecting on 50 formative movie favorites of mine, recalling who I saw them with, and realizing how much the 1980s complete me (fourteen titles from that whacky decade made my... Continue Reading →
Reely Bernie Faves: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
What if the guise and artistic direction of a movie was entirely dependent on the face of its lead actress? Stripped down to its most minimalistic form, that is The Passion of Joan of Arc. And, with each long-held close-up of Renée Jeanne Falconetti's face as she portrays Joan in agony, you do not need... Continue Reading →