‘The Kid With a Bike’ harnesses potency of simple filmmaking
The brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne work in a world of efficient drama. Their cinema is stripped of sentimentality yet still captures intimate moments with...
‘Deep Blue Sea’ transcends traditional storytelling to evoke tangles of love
The notion of love is a slippery thing, and the Deep Blue Sea, captures its elusive sensation with a visual patchwork of evocative and...
Béla Tarr’s ‘The Turin Horse,’ the first masterpiece film of 2012
Legendary Hungarian director Béla Tarr’s latest film* is a focused work of evocative black and white artistry that patiently unfolds over a two-and-half-hour run...
‘Bullhead’ looks for heart in one grim bruiser of a man
I caught Bullhead (Rundskop) at a preview screening ahead of its loss to A Separation at the Oscars® last weekend. I can see how...
Radiohead kick off US tour in Miami: a live review
Radiohead kicked off its US tour in support of its latest album, the King of Limbs, Monday night with a sold out show at...
An antidote for Oscar hype: My 20 favorite films of 2011...
Continuing on from part 1 of yesterday's post, here are the upper 10 of my 20 favorite films of last year that will most...
An antidote for Oscar hype: My 20 favorite films of 2011...
Of course since posting my year-end list of my 10 favorite films of 2011, my opinion has changed. I've seen a few more movies,...
‘Declaration of War’ finds humor and joy in a dark place
Though dealing with quite a morbid subject: a toddler stricken with a malignant brain tumor, the French film Declaration of War tackles the subject...
‘La Rafle’ resonates in the details of the ’roundup’ of Jews...
If there is a moment in history that does not need overwrought drama, sentimentality and heavy-handedness it is the roundup of Jews to Hitler’s...
Stream Sebadoh’s remastered ‘Weed Forestin’ for free
You can now hear the entirety of the newly remastered Weed Forestin album, the debut recording by Sebadoh. OK, for the sake of historical...