Articles by Charlie Largent

In Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, Pilate dismisses Jesus as “just another Jewish politician.” Jesus a politician? The idea has enraged some and inspired others. Written by Paul Schrader, the 1988 film was harassed from the word “go” but it wasn’t the only movie of its kind to be attacked by the mob,…

PlayTime 1967 – 123 Min. – 1.78:1 Criterion – 4K Blu-ray Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden Written by Jacques Tati Directed by Jacques Tati PlayTime is work. Work for the audience who must adjust their own understanding as to how a movie should move, and work for the man who conceived the film,…