How does one even begin to review a film like Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, a complete mind fuck of an experience? Well, you’d probably start by cursing like I did, you might attempt to put together coherent thoughts about it like I will, or you could just stew on the film (which you should) because after
Two film festivals down, many more to go. We have officially entered into the Oscar predicting season. Toronto is ahead followed by NYFF and AFI, which will probably make these predictions hilarious in hindsight. Anyways here are my thoughts and Oscar predictions: The surest thing amongst anyone’s predictions is Dunkirk showing up in a ton
Remakes are, and always have been, a staple of not just Hollywood cinema, but film history. Some rise above their previous source material, some don’t. There are few that feel as ill-conceived as Death Note, a poorly slapped together fan fiction film version of what should have been a strong morality tale. Death Note
List time! I was originally going to be doing a 2012 5 years later retrospective but naturally my plans were thwarted. You’ll get to see that piece in a couple of weeks. Today, I want to talk about comedies, specifically the best ones. BBC recently polled a whole bunch of people and asked them what
New week, new film! This week’s Wayback Wednesday takes a look at The Breaking Point (1950). The Breaking Point (1950) Starring: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Edmon Fod Directed By: Michael Curtiz Synopsis: An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities
Welcome to what will hopefully be a long running series! Wayback Wednesday is something I’ve had on my mind to do for a while to both revisit classic movies as well as make my way through my ever growing, but never played Criterion collection. Blending the two enabled me to start this weekly jump into