Jordan M. Smith

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Senna | Blu-ray Review

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Jordan M. Smith - July 31, 2012

Fans of motorsports generally get a bad rap, but not all racing is epitomized by the generic dim-witted redneck NASCAR fan, blasting country music...

Burning Man | Review

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Jordan M. Smith - July 25, 2012

Tinker Troubled Trashed Tom: Teplitzky's Unconventional Debut Rises to the Occasions Like its shattered protagonist, Burning Man's narrative arrives in a series of vibrant and...

Book Review: Mike Goodridge’s FilmCraft: Directing

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Jordan M. Smith - July 25, 2012

As the fifth volume of Focal Press's exceedingly readable and loving exploratory series of the filmmaking process, Mike Goodridge's FilmCraft: Directing follows the success...

Planet of Snail | Review

Film Festivals

Jordan M. Smith - July 24, 2012

Communication Studies: Seung-Jun Offers Space Tourism of a Different Kind We take our senses for granted. Trapped in the silent darkness of his own existence,...

The Last of England | Blu-ray Review

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Jordan M. Smith - July 24, 2012

Looking back at Derek Jarman's 1987 experimental manifestation of the loss of traditional English culture, The Last of England, his creation remains an incredibly...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

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Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

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Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.