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January 2015

January 02, 2015

Big Eyes (Burton, 2014)

Despite a strong start and source material with immense potential, Tim Burton’s film quickly squanders...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

My 15 Favorite Films of 2014

No doubt I’m far from the only person who skips the intros to these lists...

December 28, 2014

To Stream or Not to Stream? — A Small Section of the World; Playing Dead; Salvo

Welcome to the inaugural edition of "To Stream or Not to Stream? I will be...

December 28, 2014

Standing in Babylon

"The arts steer the culture, and it's time for the people of God to put...

December 25, 2014

The Interview (Goldberg and Rogen, 2014)

It turns out the joke is on us.

December 25, 2014

Into the Woods (Marshall, 2014)

The cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as...

December 22, 2014

Wild (Jean-Marc Vallee, 2014)

Director Jean-Marc Vallee, screenwriter Nick Hornby, and actors Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern combine superbly...

December 20, 2014

The Appalachian Trail: An American Legacy (Sam Henegar, 2014)

This brief documentary appealingly serves up a history lesson, along with plenty of lovely outdoor...

December 20, 2014

Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (dir. James Keach, 2014)

James Keach’s “fly on the wall” documentary covering Glen Campbell’s farewell tour succeeds as a...

December 18, 2014

Ask Me Anything (Burnett, 2014)

Katie may be promiscuous, but it’s unclear whether Burnett is condemning or endorsing modern, female...

December 17, 2014

If You Don’t, I Will (Fillieres, 2014)

Though it takes a while to gain momentum, Emmanuelle Devos and Mathieu Amalric once again...

December 15, 2014

“What Do I Pay Attention to in My Life?”–Blake Robbins talks about The Sublime and Beautiful

Robbins says he wanted the film to cause people to ask, "What do I pay...

December 13, 2014

Ridley Scott’s “Exodus”: An Unbeliever’s Perspective

"Exodus: Gods and Kings" is a DeMille-worthy spectacle, but an intellectually incoherent mess.

December 12, 2014

Free the Nipple (Esco, 2014)

The film almost convinced me, but then it started.

December 10, 2014

Force Majeure (Ostland, 2014)

After an avalanche scare, a vacationing family questions the ties that bind in this finely...

December 08, 2014

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (Sunada, 2013)

An animator and director (Miyazaki), a second director (Isao Takahata), and a producer (Toshio Suzuki)...

December 03, 2014

Nash (Hamilton and Ogilvie, 2013)

Steve Nash is by all accounts a well grounded, interesting, engaging fellow with whom any...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

Finding Fela! (Gibney, 2014)

Alex Gibney is one of those directors for whom I get in line, even if...

November 26, 2014

Gotham Episode 1.10 Recap: Lovecraft

Gotham's 10th episode, "Lovecraft" marked it's halfway point of the inaugural season and demonstrates how...

November 25, 2014

Queen Rock Montreal (Swimmer, 2002)

My former drama instructor always used to say, though, that the highest praise for art...

November 20, 2014

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events — 10 Years Later (Silberling, 2004)

If the upcoming Netflix series fails to do justice to the books, it will be...

November 18, 2014

Gotham Episode 1.9 Recap: Harvey Dent

The last two episodes have been my favorites, and in general I have warmed slightly...

November 16, 2014

Design is One (Brew and Guerra, 2012)

Lella and Massimo Vignelli are two of the proverbial artists whose work you've no doubt...

November 15, 2014

Strange Rumblings in Shangri La (Guglielmino, 2014)

The film, shot on 16mm, has a coloring that surpasses anything I have had the...

November 11, 2014

Gotham Episode 1.8 Recap: The Mask

Barbara...Barbara...Barbara. I'm not sure any other character has come off worse throughout this show's first...

November 05, 2014

Interstellar (Nolan, 2014)

A full plot synopsis of Interstellar would probably exhaust my thesaurus' stock of synonyms for...

November 04, 2014

Gotham Episode 1.7 Recap: Penguin’s Umbrella

The body count is rising pretty quickly in Gotham--violence is the lazy writer's shorthand--and it...

November 01, 2014

The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies (Ericsson, 2013)

Truth be told The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies tries just a little too...

November 01, 2014

InRealLife (Kidron, 2013)

“The important thing is how it is changing us,” notes Nicholas Carr, a professor and...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

1,000 Times Good Night (Poppe, 2013)

It's been a good film year for fans of Juliette Binoche.