1960s

THE SOFT SKIN: François Truffaut's Masterful Affair
THE SOFT SKIN: François Truffaut’s Masterful Affair

While not the most groundbreaking or inspiring film, it’s still a masterful piece of early Truffaut filmmaking and storytelling and a revered classic.

BRIAN WILSON: LONG PROMISED ROAD: Showcases The Musician's Humanity And Brotherly Love
BRIAN WILSON: LONG PROMISED ROAD: Showcases The Musician’s Humanity And Brotherly Love

With its more intimate scope, flawed or not, the documentary attempts to understand Brian Wilson.

Horrific Inquiry: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
Horrific Inquiry: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)

In this week’s installment of Horrific Inquiry, we take a look back at George A. Romero’s 1968 masterpiece, Night of the Living Dead.

Criterion Column: THROW DOWN, THE DAMNED, and MELVIN VAN PEEBLES: ESSENTIAL FILMS
Criterion Column: THROW DOWN, THE DAMNED, and MELVIN VAN PEEBLES: ESSENTIAL FILMS

We took a look at Criterion’s September releases, including Johnnie To’s Throw Down and Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films.

Horrific Inquiry: ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
Horrific Inquiry: ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968)

From witches to Satan, Rosemary’s Baby has it all, and while it may not have aged as well as hoped, it is still a classic film that still influences.

Satyajit Ray - THE HERO at Berlinale
Satyajit Ray – THE HERO at Berlinale

Legend of the Berlindale Film Festival, Satyajit Ray’s award-winning 1966 Indian drama The Hero (Nayak) showcases the filmmaker’s talents.

BLAST OF SILENCE: Born to Die
BLAST OF SILENCE: Born to Die

For the 60-year anniversary, Film Inquiry muses on Allen Baron’s noir film Blast of Silence and its existential prison of shadow and sound.

SIX IN PARIS: Two Out Of Six
SIX IN PARIS: Two Out Of Six

Well, like so many of these director anthologies, Six from Paris suffers from the flippant transparency that’s all too common with this informal subgenre.

NICHOLS AND MAY: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Book Series)
NICHOLS AND MAY: INTERVIEWS (Conversations with Filmmakers Book Series)

For May & Nichols savants, as well as the newly initiated, this will propagate their legacies, giving us a deeper look into their individual outlooks.

BLACK PANTHERS: Framing Resistance
BLACK PANTHERS: Framing Resistance

Black Panthers shows the resistance group through the words of its own members and the curious eyes of a visitor.

SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE: Documentary Unraveled
SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE: Documentary Unraveled

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm stands in homage to the unanticipated and the experimental, unraveling the form of cinema and documentary.

NO TIME TO DIE Countdown: ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE Revisited
NO TIME TO DIE Countdown: ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE Revisited

As we await the next film in the James Bond franchise, we take a look back at George Lazenby’s sole entry: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR: 60 Years of Progress
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: 60 Years of Progress

Sixty years ago, The Children’s Hour dared to make audiences uncomfortable and present the consequences of bigotry.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS At 60: Social Change and White Male Anxiety
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS At 60: Social Change and White Male Anxiety

As we await another musical adaptation of Little Shop of Horrors, it’s worth looking back to Roger Corman’s campy 1960 original film.

NO TIME TO DIE Countdown: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Revisited
NO TIME TO DIE Countdown: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Revisited

As we wait for the next installment in the James Bond franchise, we take a look back at the super-sized epic 1967 film You Only Live Twice.