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Pure Cinema: Alejandro Jodorowsky Returns
After a 23 year hiatus from making feature films — his last was “The Rainbow Thief,” a work-for-hire film from 1990 starring Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif that he disowned after it was completed — Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky makes a striking return to filmmaking.
Merchant Ivory Present: Amma Asante Breaks Through
However fated to be inexorably linked to “12 Years a Slave” — by mere virtue of its slave-related subplot — “Belle” is an accomplished period drama firmly in line with the top-drawer production values and exquisite performances found in Merchant Ivory’s celebrated films.
Tags: Belle, Amma Asante
D.O.A. —COLE SMITHEY'S CLASSIC CINEMA
[VIDEO ESSAY] Cinema doesn't get much more tightly wound than the anxious premise for Rudolph Maté’s film noir standard-bearer.
Summer movie preview of the good, the bad, and the hopefulnew
Here's a look at the next four months of your movie life.
Charleston City Paper |
Dan Hudak |
04-30-2014 |
Movies
Sprout Film Festival: Growing Awarenessnew
"It is a powerful way to showcase the unique talents and abilities of people with [disabilities] and it highlights the incredible possibilities within them and all of us, really."
Boise Weekly |
Ashley Miller |
04-30-2014 |
Movies
Cobwebs: Redundant Spider-Man Franchise Dangles By a Thread
Even the nerdiest members of that long-dead-gone cultural movement known as fanboys will admit that rebooting Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” is/was a mistake.
Love, Intelligence and Artificenew
Wally Pfister's eye for beauty and intrigue is unmatched in today's cinema, and he now makes his directorial debut with "Transcendence."
Jackson Free Press |
Jordan Sudduth |
04-25-2014 |
Movies
Ozon’s Gaze: A French Girl’s Sexual Odyssey Goes From A to Z
For his latest filmic exploration François Ozon addresses a complex mix of sexual, personal, social, familial, gender-based, and technological issues, inexorably honing in on a striking synthesis of generational catharsis.
Rumsfeld Crushes Morris: Well-Prepared Documentarian Is No Equal for the Master of BS
Errol Morris meets his match in Donald Rumsfeld. The notoriously contentious documentarian, whose probing interviews with 1960s secretary of defense Robert McNamara form the finest political documentary ever made (“The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara” - 2003), runs aground against McNamara's eventual successor.
Ozon’s Gaze: A French Girl’s Sexual Odyssey Goes From A to Z
For his latest filmic exploration François Ozon addresses a complex mix of sexual, personal, social, familial, gender-based, and technological issues, inexorably honing in on a striking synthesis of generational catharsis.
Tags: François Ozon, Young & Beautiful
‘Budapest Hotel’ is a Grand Timenew
The rare talent of writer/director Wes Anderson is back at work with his latest film, "The Grand Budapest Hotel."
Jackson Free Press |
Jordan Sudduth |
04-14-2014 |
Movies
Lost in its Own Jungle: “Rio 2’s” Socially Awkward Agenda Has a Racist Streak
Brazilian co-writer/director Carlos Saldanha returns to the music-driven children’s animation franchise he began in 2011. Written with three other screenwriters, “Rio 2’s” skewed racial hierarchy of animal characters is spelled out beneath their colorful camouflage.
Tags: Rio 2
The Vampire-Alien Who Fell to Earth: Scarlett Johansson Goes Undercover
More visually accomplished than its malnourished narrative supports, “Under the Skin” works well as a foxy sci-fi movie for stoners.
Nymphomaniac: Volume Onenew
I haven't seen so many dicks since the last session of the Indiana General Assembly.
Farm Workers Unite! The Spirit of Cesar Chavez Lives
Diego Luna’s second directorial outing is a prudently succinct brief-biopic about the Mexican farm-worker-turned-union-activist responsible for improving working conditions for migrant laborers in America.
