Presiding over Accidents in Orson Welles’s ‘Othello ‘
For Welles, the director is "the man who presides over accidents but doesn't make them" and never were there more accidents over which to preside for Welles than in Othello.
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Jonas Mekas Had the Right Attitude for Looking at Movies
For a decade and a half, Mekas covered experimental film for the Village Voice and was read by John Waters, Peter Bogdanovich, Jim Jarmusch, and countless others.
The Absolution of Paul Theroux’s ‘Saint Jack’ in a World Lacking Irony
The narrative of Paul Theroux's (and later Peter Bogdanovich's) Saint Jack offers a palliative to the high-priced hedonism taking place in an American-owned compound in Singapore.
‘Petty: The Biography’ Is the Weakest of Warren Zanes’ Work
Warren Zanes utilizes half his talent in this biography, and delivers weak Tom Petty tea to starving masses of fans.