“Warmth and empathy are qualities found in all of Ray’s movies, but this genre allows him to display them in their rawest, least guarded form.”
The musical conquests of Goopy and Bagha
Olive Borden (on Fig Leaves)
“A month later I am dead. So, girls, if you want my advice, never play Eve, the mother of all men.”
American Mythologies: Frank Capra Values
“The art of Frank Capra is very, very simple: It’s the love of people. Add two simple ideals to this love of people: the freedom of each individual, and the equal importance of each individual, and you have the principle upon which I based all my films.”
He Who Strikes First, Hits Twice: The Urgent Cinema of Santiago Álvarez
“Álvarez’s work … was a shining example of a poverty row aesthetic forged from necessity. His films were … an example of “urgent cinema”, keyed to raising public consciousness about current issues such as racism, housing conditions and police brutality in various parts of the world.”
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