Loving the city

The first four minutes of Woody Allen’s Manhattan is his greatest work. Continue reading Loving the city

Werner, we love you

Werner Herzog tells it like it is. Again. Continue reading Werner, we love you

One of the greatest comic book artists drew inspiration from the slums of his youth. Continue reading Eisner’s Great Spirit

A painting about madness that sent its painter mad. Continue reading The Wrath of the Medusa

L Ron Hubbard based the Scientology religion on H P Lovecraft’s Necronomicon. Continue reading L Ron Hubbard’s Necronomicon Love

The greatest war photo shows moment of death. Continue reading Shot

Charles Burns’ Black Hole is a masterpiece of teenage alienation and universal fears. Continue reading Growing pains

Dogs Playing Poker is beloved popular art, despite scornful snobbery. Continue reading Poker faces

The opening of Herzog’s Aguirre, Wrath of God shows the insignificance of man against nature. Continue reading From heaven we descend

Picasso’s 1937 howl of rage at the murder of innocents produced a painting that still shocks. Continue reading When fists are brushes

The freeze frame ending of Gallipoli is one of the greatest final shots in cinema. Continue reading The final shot

A Hitchcockian camera trick still makes great cinema today. Continue reading That queasy feeling

The opening montage of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet is a perfect expose of the American dream. Continue reading Beneath the American dream

The beautiful simplicity of L S Lowry’s painting is testament to his humanist beliefs. Continue reading Loving the little people

The final shot of The Third Man is a masterpiece of anticipation and artistic courage. Continue reading What happens next