Crime · Historical & Epic · Reviews
“The Grenouille of the film experiences an emotional epiphany that does not bring him humanity, but at least makes him yearn for its possibilities.”
Horror · Reviews · SF & Fantasy
“Hillcoat and his crew have taken the book’s hints and modeled their scavenging pair on contemporary images of homeless people, who already, as Hillcoat aptly puts it, are ‘living that apocalyptic world of day-to-day survival on the streets with no money and no food.'”
Activist & Political · Reviews
“The result is satire that doesn’t breathe.”
“With Zodiac, obsession becomes the point of origin, the catalyst for artistic creation.”
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
“Anderson, like Dahl, seems to have told a story to appeal to a child’s inner adult.”
“The film suggests the denial of the common worker, whose service to industry is only as worthy as his social status.”
“The camera has a motor, you just turn it on and walk away” – Andy Warhol
I’ve written a lot about the decline of the “Father” in genre film–from tough WW2 vet to tough but loving 70s hedonist to needy, emasculated single dad of the 21st[…]
I can feel the Twilight zeitgeist in the air tonight, perhaps it’s because I live across from the cinema and the line around the block and I hear them out[…]
Every time a new film by the Coen brothers comes out, I dread having to hear from the same old so-and-so’s who can’t bear to slog through the Coens’ peculiar[…]
A tour of Edwards’ curious 1988 film, with side trips to variations by James Ivory, John Schlesinger, and others
Activist & Political · Crime · Historical & Epic · Reviews
How a movie exposé of “abuse of power” defends those in power and their institutions
Reviews · Thrillers & Action · War
“Tarantino thus concedes some of his omnipotence to the medium he so deftly manipulates.”
Activist & Political · Drama · Reviews
“Where Cloverfield provocatively blurs the line between being ‘about’ 9/11 and being (mere) entertainment, Knowing lands squarely in the latter camp.”
“I told him, ‘I’m not gay. My neck was cold.'”
Activist & Political · Reviews · War
“Chew popcorn to avoid grinding teeth, comrades.”
Activist & Political · Reviews
“Only saviors can save polluted planets, yellow cab drivers are losers . . .”
When you believe in things you don’t understand, you suffer. – Stevie Wonder * * * In 1949 Walt Disney Studios produced the last, and arguably the best, of their[…]
It’s massively popular, it’s ridiculously mopey, yet it’s also brooding, purple and relatively un-headache-inducing… in short, it’s everything you hate and love about Seattle if you ever tried to move[…]
