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September 2012

September 01, 2012

Leviathan (Castaing-Taylor and Paravel, 2012)

Leviathan is not a narrative film.

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Something’s Gonna Live (Raim, 2010)

Does the film community do a better job than the larger American community at respecting...

August 13, 2012

La Source (Shen, 2012)

Everyone thinks they would be more generous if they had just a little more.

August 10, 2012

The Law in These Parts (Alexandrowicz 2011)

What is the difference been "occupied" and "held" territories?

August 08, 2012

The Bourne Supremacy (Greengrass, 2004)

Assassins don't kill people. Corrupt bureaucrats who control assassins kill people.

August 05, 2012

Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002) — 10 Years Later

When one thinks of Paul Thomas Anderson, one normally doesn’t think of romantic comedy.

August 04, 2012

Far From Heaven (Haynes, 2002) — 10 Years Later

The quickest and easiest way to annoy a fan of Far From Heaven, I suppose,...

July 2012

July 18, 2012

The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)

In social media I quipped that I thought The Dark Knight was essentially a Saw...

July 15, 2012

Bonnie and Clyde (Penn, 1967)

Are Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow) supposed to be sympathetic?

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Road to Perdition (Mendes, 2002) — 10 Years Later

Road to Perdition was not officially Paul Newman's last movie. He did some television work...

June 19, 2012

Brave (Chapman, Andrews, and Purcell 2012)

Payoff there is, but I found my own emotions at the conclusion somewhat muted by...

June 15, 2012

Rock of Ages (Shankman, 2012)

The most surprising thing about Rock of Ages is that I was prepared to like...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

U.N. Me (Horowitz and Goff, 2009)

U.N. Me describes scandal after scandal with a relentless dullness and surprisingly glib attitude.

May 25, 2012

Pink Ribbons, Inc. (Pool, 2011)

Pink Ribbons, Inc. is really three different documentaries: one that works, one that doesn't, and...

May 25, 2012

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Madden, 2011)

I've often said I would pay to watch Tom Wilkinson or Judi Dench read the...

May 17, 2012

Minority Report (Spielberg, 2002) — 10 Years Later

I listed Minority Report as my #1 film of 2002, and ten years later the...

May 07, 2012

Chicago (Marshall, 2002) — 10 Years Later

I'm not saying Chicago was cursed, but it is really strange to watch the film...

April 2012

April 19, 2012

Girl Model (Redmon and Sabin, 2011)

From an audience perspective--at least from my perspective--the initial response is a bit of shock...

April 16, 2012

First Position (Kargman, 2012)

Admittedly, my two favorite moments in Bess Kargman's First Position happened when nobody was dancing.

April 14, 2012

The Queen of Versailles (Greenfield, 2012)

Not just one of the best documentaries at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Lauren...

April 13, 2012

Love Free or Die (Alston, 2012)

Nobody has ever hated me the way Christians have hated me.

April 11, 2012

Italy Love It or Leave It (Hofer and Ragazzi, 2011)

Italy Love It or Leave It is a modest film, almost modest enough to work.

April 07, 2012

Mr. Cao Goes to Washington (Chiang, 2012)

"The Tea Party does not represent this district, I do."

April 03, 2012

Turn Me on Dammit! (Jacobsen, 2011)

I think the thing that may disarm some viewers who are predisposed to dislike or...

April 01, 2012

Surviving Progress (Roy & Crooks, 2012)

Six years after An Inconvenient Truth, it is depressing, maddening, and probably a little counterproductive...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

Mirror Mirror (Singh, 2012)

But Mirror Mirror has Julia Roberts in it, so it must be a Julia Roberts...

March 24, 2012

Engaging Cinema: An Introduction to Film Studies (Nichols, 2010)

Bill Nichols’s Engaging Cinema: An Introduction to Film Studies is a textbook that not only...

March 24, 2012

Art is…The Permanent Revolution (Kirchheimer, 2012)

Art is…The Permanent Revolutionhas a simple basic structure. It segues between philosophical ruminations about the...

March 10, 2012

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (Berinstein, 2012)

Dori Berinstein’s valentine to the iconic Broadway star is, like its subject matter, always affable

February 2012

February 15, 2012

The Hours (Daldry, 2002) — 10 Years Later

Stephen Daldry has been nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director three times, and...