TRUE DETECTIVE season 2, ep. 6: “Church in Ruins”
Comparing the classical, effective opening scene of “Church in Ruins” to the largely weak rest…
Oh What A Blu-Ray…WHAT A LOVELY BLU-RAY; Mad Max: Fury Road Hits Blu-Ray September 1st
One of the summers best movies, Mad Max: Fury Road will arrive on Blu-Ray and…
Trainwreck Does Not Go Off The Rails (I Worked For Seven Hours On That Pun. Savor It.)
Perhaps one of the more interesting aspects of Amy Schumer breaking out with Trainwreck is…
TRUE DETECTIVE season 2, ep. 4: “Down Will Come”
In the South they believed they had bloodied their land with history. In California we…
A Soderbergh Escapade: The Unrealized Projects of Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh has, at this point, directed 27 films, one segment of an anthology film,…
Film on the Television (07/09/2015): THE BLUES BROTHERS on IFC
“Well this is definitely Lower Wacker Drive. If my estimations are correct we should be…
2015: The Half-Year in Cinematography
About six months ago, I compiled a list of the best-shot films that I saw…
Atonement: PRINCE OF THE CITY (1981)
The term “1970s Hollywood” calls up a particular kind of movie, something often dark, auteurist,…
Before BIRDMAN: Films about Actors – Part 6: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
The mockumentaries assembled by Christopher Guest, such as This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and Best…
That’s Why They Call ‘Em “Movies”: The Never-Ending Fury Road
There are few things more cinematic than cars, and even fewer things more cinematic than…