Day: February 19, 2015

By Luke Sneyd Posted on

The Strange Case of Hou Hsiao-Hsien and the Very Very Long Take

TIFF’s got a retrospective of Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-Hsien on right now. Which could make you swoon, if you love lush cinematography, oblique story-telling and very long takes with a free-wandering camera. Or it … Continue reading The Strange Case of Hou Hsiao-Hsien and the Very Very Long Take

By Ensley F. Guffey Posted on

The Ten Percent: Red Beard [Akahige] (1965)

“Ninety percent of everything is crud.” – Theodore Sturgeon Hello, Readers All, and welcome to another edition of “The Ten Percent,” where K. Dale Koontz and I take turns talking … Continue reading The Ten Percent: Red Beard [Akahige] (1965)