Z.K. Parker Archive
Movie Reviews
What you look at will eat you alive. That’s what Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer’s characters realize in Jordan Peele’s new thriller, “Nope,” which was released to theaters last …
Just Because
Did anyone solve the mystery of the monoliths that disappeared last December? In light of all the references to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, here’s an interesting bit …
On Cinema
I’ve been rewatching Phantom Thread quite a bit lately. And my viewings have been greatly enhanced by the observation that Anderson may have purposefully tried to simulate the look …
From the Mouth of
How did David Fincher’s 2020 motion picture, Mank, achieve its old timey movie sound? In a Netflix Film Club video featurette, Ren Klyce talks about his work as the …
From the Mouth of
Cinematographer Robert Elswit says he would have shot Phantom Thread differently than Paul Thomas Anderson did, if he’d had the chance. Elwsit worked as the DP on a number …
From the Mouth of
In a newly available video from Cinémathèque in Paris in 1982, the late Orson Welles warns youth interested in attending film school or making movies: I say it’s wicked and …
Movie Reviews
Besides watching 2018’s new releases, I also watched a number of older motion pictures – ten of which captured my attention, more so than any others. No. 1: The …
Movie Reviews
Yes, my Best of 2015 movie list is a little late. But I wrote it anyway because I hope you seek out these movies, if you haven’t enjoyed …
Movie Reviews
Ex Machina and the Tragic Hero By Z.K. Parker When Aristotle denounced the tendency of some storytellers to resolve their plots via divine intervention in the final act, he …
Just Because
A few notes: – I had originally intended to post reviews on each of my Top Ten before posting the list. That did not happen since I am still …