Scenic Routes

  • Scenic Routes It’s A Wonderful Life 

    The uplift of Frank Capra’s Christmas classic means first going to some dark places. 

    December 23, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Scenic Routes Seven 

    How to shoot a chase scene that feels chaotic (no matter how much planning goes into it).

    December 12, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Scenic Routes The White Gorilla

    This 1945 “adventure” doesn’t even live up to Ed Wood’s standards.

    November 28, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Scenic Routes In The Mood For Love 

    How Wong Kar-wai expresses the slow magic in a trip for take-out noodles. 

    November 14, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Scenic Routes Planes, Trains & Automobiles

    John Candy and Steve Martin provide a disarming moment of pathos in this John Hughes comedy.

    October 31, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Scenic Routes Forbidden Games 

    Children and death make an unnerving combination in this René Clément classic. 

    October 17, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Scenic Routes Modern Romance 

    Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein engage in the passive-aggressive dance of salesman vs. customer.

    October 3, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Scenic Routes For A Few Dollars More 

    To be a worthy hero, a protagonist needs a worthy rival. 

    September 19, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Scenic Routes The Underneath

    Sometimes it only takes one great scene to make a lasting impression. And sometimes that’s the only great scene in an actor’s career.

    August 22, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Scenic Routes A Night At The Opera 

    What do you need to create one of the funniest-ever movie scenes? First, you have to count to 10. 

    July 25, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Scenic Routes Scream 2

    A daring escape! A ruthless killer! But even the most thrilling scene needs the right environment.

    July 11, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Scenic Routes Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

    From the top: An opening credits sequence that makes its running time count.

    June 27, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Scenic Routes Something Wild

    A roadside respite provides a moment of freedom, and clarity, for the hero of a Jonathan Demme comedy.

    June 13, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Scenic Routes Dont Look Back

    The thin line between too-subtle joking and full-on assholery

    May 31, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Scenic Routes Hero

    Can a film be thrilling even if you don’t quite get what’s going on?

    May 16, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Psycho

    Scenic Routes Psycho

    Janet Leigh and the art of doing a lot by doing very little.

    May 2, 2011 | 12:28pm -

  • Network

    Scenic Routes Network

    Yes, Sidney Lumet was an unheralded stylist, too.

    April 18, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Pulse

    Scenic Routes Pulse

    An unfathomably fearsome scene from the height of J-horror.

    April 4, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Do The Right Thing

    Scenic Routes Do The Right Thing

    Re-examining a key scene from a much-talked-about 1989 movie.

    March 21, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Dirty Harry

    Scenic Routes Dirty Harry

    Do you feel lucky? Wrong question: Does Clint Eastwood feel the dialogue?

    March 7, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • After Dark, My Sweet

    Scenic Routes After Dark, My Sweet

    How do you play crazy without getting too crazy about it?

    February 21, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Seven Chances

    Scenic Routes Seven Chances

    Buster Keaton runs for his life. Probably literally.

    February 7, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • The Godfather

    Scenic Routes The Godfather

    As Michael and Sollozzo speak in Sicilian, Francis Ford Coppola shows that what they’re actually saying doesn’t matter.

    January 24, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Everyone Else

    Scenic Routes Everyone Else

    One of the most striking movie moments of 2010 appeared in a German movie hardly anyone saw.

    January 10, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • A Midnight Clear

    Scenic Routes A Midnight Clear

    A largely forgotten World War II movie from 1992 offers a moving Christmas moment.

    December 27, 2010 | 12:00pm -

  • Kiss Me Deadly

    Scenic Routes Kiss Me Deadly

    Mike Hammer, MacGuffins and Whatsits.

    December 13, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • Afterschool

    Scenic Routes Afterschool

    A first-time director brings it all into—and out of—focus with a single scene.

    November 29, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • Moonstruck

    Scenic Routes Moonstruck

    A memorable moment from the Golden Age of Cage.

    November 15, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • The Wages Of Fear

    Scenic Routes The Wages Of Fear

    Steady… Steady…

    November 1, 2010 | 12:00pm -

  • Grizzly Man

    Scenic Routes Grizzly Man

    Werner Herzog has something to say.

    October 18, 2010 | 12:00am -