by Moisés Chiullán

Electric Shadow

Discovering Ozu 1: An Introduction

August 6, 2012

Yasujiro Ozu

In 2010, I embarked on a quest to explore the entire filmography of Yasujiro Ozu in chronological order. The aim was to not only revisit favorite films by the Japanese cinematic master, but to also fill myriad knowledge gaps for myself within the career of one of my favorite directors.

Sight & Sound 2012: Ozu & Murnau (and Vigo), Vertov & Wong

August 1, 2012

The Sight & Sound "greatest films" poll is conducted once every ten years, and has been going strong for eight decades, with Citizen Kane sitting atop the list for 50 years. That changed today, but yet other changes in the list were radically more exciting and interesting to me.