Carancho

A very interesting but flawed Argentinian noir by Pablo Trapero, with my honey Ricardo Darín and Trapero’s wife Martina Gusman, Carancho is a gripping story about Héctor Sosa, an ambulance chaser who wants out (Darín) and who falls in love with Luján, an ambulance medic (Gusman). The story is phenomenal and…

On DVD: Two Creepy French Films

A poetic French horror movie by Georges Franju, Eyes Without a Face (1959) is one classic film that no…

Cinema Quote of The Week

This is why I read Anthony Lane:

“What will our planet be like a hundred thousand years from now? All we know for sure is that somewhere in a fetid bedroom, a blogger will still be explaining how amazed, and frankly, insulted he feels that Christopher Nolan…

Cold Weather

Who was the critic who said he liked Cold Weather (was it you, Richard Brody?), because I’d like to murder him.
When will I learn to…

Predictions Shmedictions

The game of predicting who is going to win the Oscars is a little maddening. On the one hand there never seem to be any surprises and the people who win all the other awards, win this one too. On the other hand, predictions are made (unless you got money on it) with a combination of…

Rabbit Hole

Nicole Kidman is great in this movie, as are all the actors (Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Sandra Oh, Tammy Blanchard, Miles Teller). Many…

Famous Last Words

Oh, well! Predictably, pretty much everything that was expected to win won and the Academy once again picked a perfectly safe…