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Talks on movies, the culture of cinema, and filmmaking.
Scout Tafoya, But God Made Him a Poet: Watching John Ford in the 20th Century
Hosted by Scott Adlerberg, Film Connoisseur
Scout Tafoya is an author and award-winning filmmaker from Doylestown, PA. His books on Tobe Hooper and John Ford have both been critically acclaimed and his work as a film critic has appeared in The Village Voice, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Film Comment among others. His video essay series The Unloved recently celebrated its ten year anniversary at RogerEbert.com.
Scott Adlerberg is the author of the novels Spiders and Flies, Jungle Horses, Graveyard Love, Jack Waters, and The Screaming Child. He has written many short stories and contributes pieces regularly to sites such as CrimeReads, Mystery Tribune, and Criminal Element. Every summer, he hosts the Reel Talks film commentary series in Bryant Park in Manhattan. He was born in New York City and lives in Brooklyn.
June 10
Foster Hirsch, Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher-- Television
June 17
Imogen Sara Smith, In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City
June 24
Paul Schrader, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer
July 1
Erin Carlson, No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood
July 8
Scout Tafoya, But God Made Him a Poet: Watching John Ford in the 20th Century
July 15
Yunte Huang, Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
July 22
Phillip Lopate, My Affair with Art House Cinema: Essays and Reviews
July 29
Glenn Kenny, The World Is Yours: The Story of Scarface
August 5
Dave Gonzales and Gavin Edwards, MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
August 12
Casey Sherman, A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime