‘Elvis’: The Tale of a Southern Country Boy Who Crossed the Racial Divide
“Films today, likes films of yesterday, have great trouble dealing with the poor Southern white.”
Joseph B. Atkins
The Light of Human Love and Community: On ‘Moontide’ and ‘Port of Shadows’
“‘Moontide’ and ‘Port of Shadows’ offer a fascinating study into key differences in Hollywood and European filmmaking and storytelling during the 1930s and early 1940s, a time when the studio system reigned supreme…”
Monte Hellman: A Master of the Language of Cinema
Author Joseph B. Atkins on Filmmaker Monte Hellman’s Life and Career