‘Young Goethe in Love’ offers rote period drama, little insight into...
I do have an affection for period movies (see my review of Mozart’s Sister), but they need to offer something broader to say about...
‘Sleeping Beauty’ offers ominous exploration of the prostitution of the female...
The last film I can remember having left me feeling as puzzled and intrigued as Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty was Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide...
‘Take Shelter’ offers powerful entry into film’s recent history of schizophrenic...
A film telling a story from the perspective of a schizophrenic personality makes for an interesting subject via the cinematic art form. It allows...
‘Into the Abyss’ examines the effect of killing on the living
The great documentarian and filmmaker Werner Herzog has no shame in revealing an agenda. But he does not push it or sentimentalize it. His...
Michelle Williams charms in ‘My Week With Marilyn’
Rarely do performances transcend the quality of the movie they appear in. In My Week With Marilyn, Michelle Williams accomplishes that feat while taking...
As Pink Floyd reissue mania continues, allow me a few words...
Pink Floyd has seen quite a resurgence in interest these past couple of years. Since the blog began, I have referenced them often. There...
‘Melancholia’ offers intimate, if flawed, look at the end of the...
Lars von Trier's Melancholia touches on humanity's existence in relation to the universe by taking an intimate approach to drama. It's a refreshing twist...
Aki Kaurismäki goes Miami Beach
A rare opportunity to see a nice part of Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s work in a revival art house setting is underway in--- of...
Rum Diary’s plodding action slows down exciting prose
Any interest in a film based on the writings of late Hunter S. Thompson comes weighted by the unfilmable sense of the narrative Thompson...
Old Man Diode brings poetry of Rick Holland into “disco” territory
It's not really "disco" per say. "Off-beat," "odd," "quirky" and "infectious" all work to describe "Open Blue," actually subverting the genre that is now...