The Western Tradition revisited: The Byzantines

The glory that was Rome and its empire has been covered in television documentaries rather expansively. Yet the Eastern Empire that survived the fall of Rome in 476, and continued…..

6 minutes read

December 12, 2013

The Third Man: Vienna’s Favorite Movie

“You know what the fellow said? In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the…..

11 minutes read

November 8, 2013

Camera Q&A: Thom Andersen on Los Angeles architecture and films

Who: Thom Andersen is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker who has taught film composition at the California Institute of the Arts since 1987. His 2003 video essay, Los Angeles Plays Itself,…..

8 minutes read

September 29, 2013

Camera Q&A: Thomas Harding on Hanns and Rudolf

Who: Thomas Harding is the great nephew of Lieutenant Hanns Alexander, who was part of the first British War Crimes Investigation Team in the aftermath of World War II. Alexander…..

12 minutes read

May 20, 2013

Camera Q&A: Abderrahmane Sissako on his early films and Sembène

Who: Abderrahmane Sissako is a Mauritanian-born, Mali-raised filmmaker whose cinematic training was done at Moscow’s Federal State Film Institute during the 1980s. The program concluded with his first film, the…..

17 minutes read

March 24, 2013

Bel Kaufman looks forward to 102, and back on her literary career

Who: Bel Kaufman is a New York City-based author, who spent three decades teaching in NYC’s public school system. Up the Down Staircase, her 1965 debut novel, was inspired by…..

15 minutes read

February 7, 2013

Camera Q&A: Monte Hellman on his movies, locations, and shooting on DSLRs

Like so many other directors, Monte Hellman cut his teeth at the Roger Corman School of Moviemaking. His first films were on-the-cheap genre pictures, like 1959’s man-in-suit monster movie Beast…..

48 minutes read

August 11, 2012

Camera Q&A: Paul Finelli on Harodim

Who: Paul Finelli is a Pittsburgh-based filmmaker who recently made his feature directorial debut with Harodim, which opens a theatrical run in Europe on October 25th. Prior to Harodim, Finelli…..

16 minutes read

June 27, 2012

Camera Q&A: Alexander Markov on Soviet African films

Who: Alexander Markov is a Russian filmmaker who works with cinema archives in St. Petersburg. He is constructing a film about the relationship between Soviet Union and Africa, using newsreel…..

24 minutes read

June 8, 2012

Camera Q&A: Basia Lewandowska Cummings on African films

Who: Basia Lewandowska Cummings is a writer and film critic who writes for Sight & Sound, Africa is a Country blog The Wire, and Little White Lies. She is also an associate programmer…..

The Western Tradition

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The Western Tradition

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