LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM and the Doc Question: Does Style Matter?
Can something be a great documentary… and a so-so film? And is a documentary that’s…
MS. 45 (1981): 33 Years Ahead
[Trigger Warnings] Watching Ms. 45 from the point of view of August 2014, a full 33 years…
Thirty Years Later, BOLERO Surprises With Throwback Charm, Charming Insanity
March 25, 1985 at the Vine Street Elementary School in Hollywood saw the six-award sweep…
Complicit (2013)
Complicit is one of the most uncomfortable films I’ve seen. It sounds like a grandiose, melodramatic…
REPO CHICK (2009): An Apologia of Sorts
Alex Cox is a Brit from Liverpool whose first feature was about the punk scene…
STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS (2007)
Ah, the biopic, one of the most dependably square film/TV genres in existence. All the…
The campy adventure of AT THE EARTH’S CORE
Have you ever wanted a 90 minute episode of late-series Lost in Space, which only featured Dr.…
The Unexpected and Vital Humor of THE SEVENTH SEAL
The Seventh Seal is practically a synecdoche of art house cinema: a subtitled, black & white…
The repetitive nature of THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY’S TEARS’ repetitive nature
In the follow-up to 2009’s Amer, Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani created another psychedelic cinescape…
The Unloved (2009)
The Unloved, the directorial debut of acclaimed actress, Samantha Morton, is a peculiar film. As…