Once again, ‘tis the season to make lists. And here at Mid Century Cinema that means it’s time to reveal our annual Top Ten home video releases. Things were tricky this year, as landing a spot on the covered MCC “best of” list has led agents and publicists to lobby for certain releases to be…
Hi All: Despite our best efforts, we had another technical snafu here at Mid Century Cinema. Shocking, given our renowned tech savvy. But once again, at least we know who to call. So here it is, another try at sending out an alert for our latest: “I could live in my art, but . ….
Very often, after I’ve told a friend about a bleak sounding movie That They Just Must See, they ask, “don’t you ever go to the movies to escape”? My answer is prompt. Yes. Always. Especially these days, where events in the real world, on a daily basis, are so relentlessly despairing. I don’t go to…
Things have been a little quiet here at Mid Century Cinema. It had been our hope, for example, to have already posted on the most excellent new Scorsese doc, and to recognize the fiftieth anniversary of The Lost Honor of Katarina Blum. And with luck we will still get to those, though various obstacles, including…
Some news to report from Mid Century Cinema land – We’ve embarked on a new adventure: A podcast! It’s the brainchild of Michael Cohen (no, not that one!), who approached me with this notion. I was a bit wary at first, but the entire staff at MCC threated to go on a general strike if…
There is a joke I heard from an old professor when I was a graduate student (at least I thought he was kidding—the guy was from Harvard, so he might have been serious): “Never offer expert commentary about any country you have not flown over at least once.” Inspired by the fact that one of…
The best thing about the approach of Festivus for the hardworking staff at Mid Century Cinema is not the airing of grievances (although, sidebar, don’t ask), but quite the opposite—it is also the time to share our annual Top Ten home video releases. As always, this is not so much a list of our favorite…
The crack staff here at Mid Century Cinema has been somewhat distracted lately, what with the relentless rhythm of the academic semester, and, ya know, The End of Everything. We could not even get ourselves together to catch Francis Ford Coppola’s career capping Megalopolis in the theater. But as we revere Coppola – one of…
For reasons too complex to easily unpack, the crack staff here at Mid Century Cinema have been catching up with re-runs of Kojak, the mid-70s TV policier. It has been an eye opening experience. There were easily a dozen decent cop shows in the late sixties and early seventies—but in retrospect, it is clear that…
Donald Sutherland, one of the most consistent, sure-handed, and prolific actors of the last sixty years, left us a few weeks ago. One of the signature performers of the New Hollywood era, we were remiss in not previously punching his ticket for admission to the Mid Century Cinema pantheon. In the decade of the 1970s…