Pirate Radio (dir. Richard Curtis, 2009) – As movies go, bad. But, it’s another example of the mythologizing of the 60s, as seen in other rock ‘n roll period films…
Anton Corbijn’s career has mostly consisted of photography and music video direction, so presumably he’s jumped across the extremes of how to speak the language of images without music and,…
Finally, disciples of Wes Anderson can feel vindicated – not that they ever cared – for their faith in a filmmaker whose efforts seem to hit and miss with the…
As has been well documented, The Men Who Stare At Goats is no Dr. Strangelove, but then it isn’t trying to be. A satire in the vein of Kubrick’s masterpiece,…
A work from Steven Soderbergh to put a spin on classical film noir, The Good German substitutes political intrigue and narrative ambiguity for compelling characters and a provocative or at…
One feels that thinking on a film by the Coen brothers, especially a comedy, is a fruitless exercise. Those guys design their work in such a way that it’s not…
…from the Coens. It looks wonderful (it’s red band).
Between notes on The 400 Blows and (d.v.) Metropolis, I thought I would fulfill one of the objectives of this thing and mention a movie we just saw in the…
