Jon Jost, Independent Film-maker - Flower
Jon Jost, independent film-maker. The early films2. FlowerJon Jost’s short film ‘Flower’ (1970) explores the relationship between language and meaning. A direct parallel is drawn between film langua…
Plot Points — Thieve’s Highway (1949)
Plot points are linear links that make up the chain of traditional Aristotelian 3-act dramatic structure. This classic structure worked well in Hollywood for almost a century now. Although young movie…
Movie Review - Confidence (2003)
CONFIDENCE (2003) is a slick greased-lightning of a con story that some reviewers I believe mistook for a classic “caper” movie like Ocean’s 11 or 12.The writing by Doug Jung is fresh, witty and with …
Plot Points — Dead of Winter (1987)
Plot points are linear links that make up the chain of traditional Aristotelian 3-act dramatic structure. This classic structure worked well in Hollywood for almost a century now. Although young movie…
Films - The Time Of Their Lives
Abbott and Costello were known as comics. Their movies were supposed to be nothing more than vehicles for their comedy routines. The plots were thin, or non existent. It didn’t matter. They were f…
Movie Review - The Grass Is Greener (1960)
As aristocratic a romantic comedy as it gets in which Cary Grant, raised dirt poor as “Archie Leach” in Bristol, England, plays Earl Victor Rhyall, a British nobleman living in a salmon pink castl…
Plot Points — Gattaca (1997)
Plot points are linear links that make up the chain of traditional Aristotelian 3-act dramatic structure. This classic structure worked well in Hollywood for almost a century now. Although young movie…
Apple May Offer Movie Downloads - What’s Next?
Apple is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers and Universal Studios to offer their movies as downloads through the Apple’s high-traffic iTunes store.Apple chief and Disney director…

