The title of Orson Welles’ playful and raffish essay film, F for Fake (1976)–released this week on DVD by the Criterion Collection–suggests one possible word following the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and indeed, the film’s focus on the story of art forger Elmyr de Hory justifies it. But the film could also [...]
Entries from April 2005
F for Fake
April 30th, 2005 by Doug Cummings · No Comments
Categories: DVD review
Pin Boy
April 26th, 2005 by Doug Cummings · No Comments
Pin Boy (Parapalos)
My brief, several-day stint at the San Francisco International Film Festival turned out to be a great reunion with friends but an extremely lackluster screening experience. And I’m not the only person who apparently felt this way–the SF Weekly questioned how an “international film festival” could be be 40% American films, and [...]
Categories: Film festival
The Corporation
April 7th, 2005 by Doug Cummings · No Comments
One of the most lauded documentaries from last year was a film I only managed to catch up with this week, when it was released as a stunningly produced two-DVD set. The Corporation analyzes what it convincingly calls the primary influence on contemporary life: “Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in [...]
Categories: DVD review