Alexander Deley is an urban planning professional, freelance writer, musician, and filmmaker who lives in the Washington, DC area.
From The Godfather to Reds to Something’s Gotta Give, Diane Keaton moved between comedy and drama with ease, turning self-doubt and control into the twin engines of her art. Across decades of self-invention, she built a career that was unmistakably her own.
David Lynch explored the contradictions of modern life, from the alienation woven into workaday existence to the terror of the nuclear age. His films turned the American dream inside out, revealing the surreal beauty and hidden horrors beneath the surface.
Jean-Luc Godard was the last radical working in cinema during an era where the medium of movies still genuinely had the power to shock.