The daytime panic in the streets of Mecca

  Day for Night (1973) French melodrama Je Vous Présente Paméla stars an older screen legend, a younger sex symbol, and a British actress (Jacqueline Bissett). During filming, the cast and crew wish the interminable, troubled shoot would end. In a charming bit of camera winking meta narrative, the director, Francois Truffaut, plays Ferrand, the director of the… Continue reading The daytime panic in the streets of Mecca

A vampyr played tennis in the Big East for 12 Years

  Requiem for the Big East (2014) A part of ESPN’s excellent 30 for 30 series, this is the story of the Big East Conference from its founding in 1979 until its demise in 2013.  While the Big East exists as a conference today, it’s a completely different entity. This was fascinating, but rushed.  It’s too difficult to condense thirty years… Continue reading A vampyr played tennis in the Big East for 12 Years