Author Archives: Bob Hill

“When we talk about personal expression I’m often reminded of [Elia] Kazan’s film America America – the story of his uncle’s journey from Anitolia to America; the story of so many immigrants who came to this country from a very, … Read More

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Spike Lee is a New York City director known for writing and directing several of the greatest summer movies of all-time – lyrics poems that ooze of place and culture. The setting: One or all of New York City’s big-five … Read More

“That’s what you’ve to tell yourself, to completely relax, able to see everything that’s going on, your sense of anticipation is sharp. That can’t happen unless you relax. A man who’s worrying about getting hit is not going to have … Read More

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George Whitmore, Jr. was standing in front of a Laundromat on Sutter Avenue just off of Amboy Street in Brooklyn. He was talking to a patrolman named Isola for the second day in a row. Only this time the patrolman … Read More … Read More

“In the old system of broadcasting, you were fundamentally limited by the amount of space in the airwaves. You could only send out 10 channels over the airwaves for television, right? Or even with cable, you had 500 channels. On … Read More

Ask any number of film buffs who the greatest movie critic of all-time is and 80% of them will answer Pauline Kael. Ask any number of average moviegoers that same question, and 75% of them will answer Roger Ebert. Ask … Read More

 “We open on an aerial shot of New York City” “It’s almost like New York City represents another character in our story.” “I know this might sound crazy” “What ever happened to just good, old-fashioned coffee?” “This is all happening … Read More

“Superheroes fill a gap in the pop-culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn’t really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. … Read More