Author Archives: Robin Holland

Celine and Jesse. 4-Ever?

Posted on May 23, 2013

In the timeless landscape of the Messinia region of Greece, Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke), drive and walk and talk (and talk) about their lives and love for each other and how things change. Director Richard Linklater’s wonderful … Continue reading →

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On the Road

Posted on May 15, 2013

Two drifters with dim prospects meet on an empty western road (complete with tumbleweed) and throw in together in Jerry Schartzberg‘s great (and not well-enough known) 1973 Palme d’Or winner, “Scarecrow.” A road movie that in many ways created a … Continue reading →

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Hell Décor

Posted on May 13, 2013

11/22/11: Ellen, attentive and kind, head RN at the nursing home said, “Your father is passing.”  I thought, but didn’t say, “Failing, actually,” not sure if a pun was appropriate. We moved Daddy to Calvary Hospital (in the Bronx not far … Continue reading →

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Before There Was Industrial Light + Magic

Posted on May 9, 2013

there was Ray Harryhausen, who died in London on Tuesday at 92.   The original genius of special effects and stop-motion animation, Harryhausen famously created the fantasy sequences in movies including “Jason and the Argonauts,” “Clash of the Titans,” “The Beast … Continue reading →

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“Don’t Go Mistakin’ Paradise…”*

Posted on April 26, 2013

Austrian auteur/provocateur Ulrich Seidl’s new films, his “Paradise” trilogy, reveal how Teresa (Margarethe Tiesel–in a fearless performance, really), her Catholic missionary sister, Anna Maria (Maria Hofstätter), and her overweight 13-year-old daughter, Melanie (Melanie Lenz), spent their (separate) summer vacations.  And … Continue reading →

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My Obsession

Posted on April 15, 2013

The first filmmaker I photographed was Douglas Sirk.  The second, Alain Resnais.  And a few hundred later (including actors, producers, writers, cinematographers, programmers and critics), the most recent, Shane Carruth. I’d been writing brief pieces for “Voice Choices,” the weekly … Continue reading →

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The Nature of Things

Posted on April 4, 2013

I don’t know what happens in Shane Carruth’s ethereally beautiful new film, “Upstream Color.”  Well, that’s not exactly accurate–I know what I think happens in this story of pigs, worms, starlings and a new couple.  Early in the viewing I … Continue reading →

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Into Africa

Posted on April 2, 2013

The great Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène’s 1992 serio-comic, “Guelwaar” examines the divisions within and pressures from without that plague his country. “Guelwaar” opens with the report of the suspicious death of Christian leader, political activist (and less than faithful husband) … Continue reading →

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Mystery, Beauty and Cartoons

Posted on March 20, 2013

I’ve photographed many artists and innumerable exhibitions but having worked with masters at The Village Voice (Peter Schjeldahl, Jerry Saltz and art editor–and food/culture critic extraordinaire–Jeff Weinstein), I know I’m not an art critic.  (I’m not really a film critic … Continue reading →

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Jackie and Jackie

Posted on March 11, 2013

In former film critic Dan Sallitt’s fourth feature, “The Unspeakable Act,” close teenage siblings Jackie (Tallie Medel) and Matthew (Sky Hirschkron) live with their supportive but subdued mother and older sister–an older brother is studying in Paris–in a large, remarkably tchotchke-free house on … Continue reading →

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