Rollins & Rosenberg Luke Rollins, Ethan Rosenberg

We discuss the next movies in our Observations on Observations on Film Art: The Life and Writing of David Bordwell series, LATE AUTUMN (1960, Yasujiro Ozu) and five short films by Paolo Gioli: COMMUTAZIONI CON MUTAZIONE (1969), ANONIMATOGRAFO (1972), L'OPERATORE PERFORATO (1979), FILM STENOPEICO (1989), ROTHKOFILM (2008).

We discuss the first two movies of our Observations on Observations on Film Art: The Life and Writing of David Bordwell series, A CITY OF SADNESS (1989, dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien) and A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (1991, dir. Edward Yang).

In our second series, Observations on Observations on Film Art, we honor the late, great film historian David Bordwell, discussing his life and work before drafting five films to watch in tandem with some of his writings.

We discuss the final movie in our Western Visions of Japan series, THE YAKUZA (1974, dir. Sidney Pollack) and bring our first theme to a conclusion.

We discuss the next two movies in our Western Visions of Japan series, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006, dir. Clint Eastwood) and SANS SOLEIL (1983, dir. Chris Marker).

We discuss the first two movies of our series, YOSHIWARA (1937, dir. Max Ophuls) and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT (2006, dir. Justin Lin).