“A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love will never be a great dancer. Never.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Jonathan Rosenbaum’s Essential Films
The Vampire (Vampyr – Der Traum des Allen Grey) [1932]
Just your good old vampire movie, with a twist. Continue reading
The Doll (Die Puppe) [1919]
‘The Doll’, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, is acharming fantasy, a splendidly original film inspired by one of the Tales of Hoffmann (imdb reviewer) Continue reading
Vagabond (Sans Toit ni Loi) [1985]
Do you wither or wander? Continue reading
The Pier (La jetée) [1962]
a marvellous photo-montage telling the story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel Continue reading
The Scent of Green Papaya (Mùi du du xanh) [1993]
the movie follows the footsteps of a young girl’s path to self-discovery and love Continue reading
Atlantic City[1980]
“She made him become what he always wanted to be – a lover, a hero, a rich man…and a killer!” (tagline) Continue reading
Duck Amuck [1953]
The animator plays a joke on Daffy Duck changing the background, the costumes and everything he can at a mad pace.. and Daffy ain’t happy about it. Continue reading
Out of the Past a.k.a. Build My Gallows High [1947]
One day when Jeff is pumping gas in his station he has a customer all to familiar to him from his past and when the past comes back to haunt you there is not much to do but to deal with it. Continue reading
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl [1919]
It is a simple story of lovers who can’t be together. Continue reading