Tag: Owen Wilson

  • Midnight in Paris: From One Flâneur To Another

    What the ex-advisor said was true and remains true: you haven’t seen a film unless you’ve seen in (at least) twice. So, for as lighthearted in tone as Woody Allen’s latest is, one must revisit it to say much about it that’s worth hearing. That being said, here we are after only one viewing. Midnight…

  • Quickies, Vol. XX

    Age of Consent (dir. Michael Powel, 1969) – Trying to catch up, so it’s gonna have to be another one of these; machine gun style rather than the usual fire hose style…and definitely quantity over quality, with the exception of this first one. Age of Consent, that classic of the great Brit Michael Powell’s, is…

  • Quickies, Vol. XV

    Quantum of Solace (dir. Marc Forster, 2008) – Finally gave this one the second viewing it clearly needed, after unfairly measuring it against the standard (whether too high or just too different) of Casino Royale. It definitely sat better this time around, held its own more and seemed more like its own story rather than…

  • Trailer: Fantastic Mr. Fox

  • Finally

    11.25.2008

  • Our Boy’s Latest

    I’ve now seen The Darjeeling Limited three times. Hopefully this fact will not come back to bite me when (inevitably) others who have not seen it so often (or at all) point out facts about it that I have failed to note. I should come to terms with this reality. TDL has received some bad…