Sadly, not quiet enough.
The premise of this movie is promising: nasty aliens have invaded Earth and…
Some are complaining that this movie, written by Amy Schumer and directed by Judd Apatow, turns Schumer’s irreverent and subversive humor…
Story of my life.
Alfonso Cuarón gives an epic, poetic treatment to an intimate story, a memoir of his childhood. This is a…
We’re almost 3/4 of the way through our movie marathon, and this year’s edition of the Festival has been a little lackluster, in our humble opinion.
Some categories are very contested and they are hard to call. This year at least the 5 nominees for best movie are all very decent films. The supporting actor and actress categories are very tight too; so is the adapted screenplay, with everybody doing a great job.Winner in red, my favorite in blue…
Leave it to Mike Leigh to make a biopic that does not feel like one. Mr. Turner is a meditation on the mystery of talent, on the lack of a…
Everybody has irrational hatreds in film (just like we all have passionate adorations). Everybody has one star, or director, or movie they cannot abide. The hatred itself is not unfounded, but the extent of it may be irrational. I have plenty of those, and so, my dear…
People insist that Syriana is a complicated movie, but I found it a gross oversimplification of, in a nutshell, why we are fucked by our dependence on Middle Eastern oil.The one interesting subversive point it makes — PLEASE TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW — i.e, that the government of the USA, in…
Today in the Movies section of the New York Times, back to back articles by Manohla Dargis and A. O Scott about the lack of real women and adult men in Hollywood films. The Dargis article really hits the point. It is a fucking disgrace that Hollywood…
Tony Scott was among the best practitioners of the action genre and he left behind a number of iconic movies, from the small cult movie The…
