Journal

It's Martin Scorsese's birthday, so I'm polishing up my existing Scorsese-film reviews and restoring some that have been missing from the site for a long time.

In which you are encouraged to check out an extraordinary interview with Norman Lloyd.

A farewell to a beloved film critic. Free music from Welcome Wagon. The President and Marilynne Robinson, Part 2. The Dardenne brothers. Back to the Future. Mulholland Drive. And news about three promising film projects.

Beatles medicine. End times zombies. Coens go Biblical. Do's and don'ts of filmmaking. Jedi versus Airbender.

Photographer and teacher Michael Demkowicz on "What We Talk About When We Talk About Art."