OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGSCogs in the Machine: American Despair in Paul Schrader’s ‘Blue Collar’ by Vikram MurthiPaul Schrader’s directorial debut Blue Collar was supposedly inspired by stories of “real-life disillusionment.” Though that feeling…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGS“Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai?”:In a nightclub with the mood lighting of a surgical theater, a village belle is crying out for a husband. Her friend Champa encourages and…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGSFrom Script to Screen: The Strange Alchemy of ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’ by Soheil…The word “iguana” doesn’t appear in the shooting script of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. And why should it? Written by veteran…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGSNot Mad, Just Disappointed: Mothers on the Edge in the ’70s and Present by Charles BramescoStarting in the early ’70s right on through to his departure in 1982, showbiz executive Ned Tanen turned Universal Pictures into a hotbed…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGSIn The Loneliest Place: The Allure Of The Homme Fatale In ‘Stranger By The Lake’ by Craig J. Clark“People who aren’t familiar with this milieu could think this is a kind of science-fiction film.” –writer/director Alain GuiraudieApr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGS‘O.C. and Stiggs’ And The Utterly Unreleasable, Mind-Roasting Summer Of Robert Altman by Keith…[This month, Musings pays homage to Produced and Abandoned: The Best Films You’ve Never Seen, a review anthology from the National Society…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGSPersonality Crisis: The Radical Fluidity of Todd Haynes’ ‘Velvet Goldmine’ by Judy Berman[This month, Musings pays homage to Produced and Abandoned: The Best Films You’ve Never Seen, a review anthology from the National Society…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGS‘The Counselor’: No Movie for Most Men (or Women) by Mike D’Angelo[This month, Musings pays homage to Produced and Abandoned: The Best Films You’ve Never Seen, a review anthology from the National Society…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGSThe Venomous Beauty of ‘By the Sea’ by Angelica Jade Bastién[This month, Musings pays homage to Produced and Abandoned: The Best Films You’ve Never Seen, a review anthology from the National Society…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017
OscopeLabsinOscilloscope Presents: MUSINGS‘All the King’s Men’: Your Guide and Non-Guide to the Post-Election United States by Steven GoldmanIt’s shocking to realize we don’t have a good collection of cinematic equivalents to help us navigate the difficult post-election…Apr 19, 2017Apr 19, 2017