Sometimes the mean baddie, despite having some good in him, (vader, tho now that i think about it post-prequel he was a dick his entire life) isn't going to flip flop.I feel like thats a bigger life lesson anyway. I mean remember the whole
There’s something inherently dissatisfying about knowing that Bluebeard might be the Super-Breillat film, as Godard might put it. Bluebeard, a meta-reflexive adaptation of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale, is a crystallization of the French pr…
It’s easy to dump on Kevin Smith for embracing his creative slump and giving himself, fans and critics alike a major break with a no-risk project like Cop Out. The project, which Smith didn’t write, ostensibly should force him to learn how
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-human-centipede-first-sequence/4787 I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. The actual viewing experience was as tough as it gets, but not because of over-the-top gore so much as i…
Since Greenberg indulges its titular’s protagonist’s creative slump, it’s hard not to judge it as a victim of its own indulgence. Writer/director Noah Baumbach’s recent films, including his collaborations with Wes Anderson, have all leaned
Agreed on the ending, which is the only part of the movie that seems stunted by dramatic convention (ie, the need for some kind of closure on the character's grossly exaggerated hubris). I'm no Schulberg, but a more potently realistic (albe…
348) Seance (2000) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Date Released (DVD): May 2005 Date Seen: October 18, 2009 Rating: 3.75/5 Domestic tranquility is a foreign concept in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films, one which is constantly undermined by some kind of scab…
Montiel’s New York has sustained its charm because it remains true to the kind of mythic redefinition of the city as a den of wonderfully obnoxious, paranoid dreamers that are always puffing themselves up twice as large as they really are.
93) The Wicker Man (1973) Dir: Robin Hardy Date Released: June 1975 Date Seen: March 31st, 2009 Rating: 2.5/5 Though it’s often miscategorized as a horror film, Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man (1973) is more accurately a very peculiar and self…