There are hundreds of blog posts out there listing a countdown list of X number of movies you should see before you die, or whatever. They all tend to specialize by either focusing on a single genre, or on a period of time (my personal favorite’s are from J. Hoberman). Lists are inherently flawed, [...]
10. Michael Roemer If you haven’t seen Nothing But A Man (1964) then you really haven’t experienced an incredibly important film dialogue with American racism. Roemer is not a one trick pony, however, and the rest of his career is decorated with some of the most powerful writing American cinema has to offer. By the [...]