Blindsided by THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC

This month, the blind spot series sends me back to Sunday School. Who needs a film with recorded dialogue when you have the expressive face of Maria Falconetti to express such a range of emotion?

ikiru, kanji watanabe, takashi shimura

Blindsided by IKIRU

We begin a new round of essentials with a bummer.
An sublimely, achingly, beautiful bummer.

Blindsided by A STAR IS BORN (1954)

Before we get up in arms about how Hollywood wants to ruin a classic, let’s all take a good long look at the classic.