The Blu Spot

The Film: Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich had quite an illustrious career that spanned over 50 years, giving us several notable classics like...

The Film: 45 years ago, Masahiro Shinoda's "Demon Pond" was unleashed in Japan. A rather curious blending of drama and fantasy, it may...

The Film: When Andrew Haigh's "All of Us Strangers" premiered at Telluride last year, it was immediately met with glowing reviews that...

The Film: The 1980s were a rather odd time for Best Picture winners. There weren't exactly a lot of great choices made, though we did end...

The Film: Over 50 years ago, filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, writer/director of such acclaimed classics as "Bob le Flambeur" and "Army of...

The Show: Filmmaker Barry Jenkins officially kicked off his career about 20 years ago, delivering mostly short films that were moderately...

The Film: Just last year, two of the very best films of the year surprisingly ended up being remarkably well-made courtroom dramas, a...

The Film: There are times when a film can best be described simply as a kind of mood, a film where the plot is not particularly...

The Film: It's fair to say that writer/director Gus Van Sant has had a career of highs and lows, with the lows including a completely...

The Film: Stories about making a pact with the devil have been around for centuries, permeating literature (perhaps most famously in...