WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD (2014)
Gregg Araki’s 2004 film, Mysterious Skin, was a masterpiece of the long-term emotional wreckage caused by…
Drive Angry (Your Holiday Turkey Review)
Nicolas Cage is cinematic royalty. Nephew to Francis Ford Coppola, Cage is an Academy Award…
Plot Is a Four Letter Word: The Misdirection of FORCE MAJEURE
With all the talk about the moment in Force Majeure that causes a rift between…
NYMPHOMANIAC: DIRECTOR’S CUT (2014)
For the past decade plus, Lars Von Trier has been making movies about irony, misery,…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One Review
Cliffhangers are a tricky business. Do it one way, and it can become an entertaining…
Foreign Language Oscars: Omar
Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences releases a shortlist of foreign…
Approaching The Tree of Life (Review)
Full Disclosure: Its taken me years to watch Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011).…
Song of Myself: Listen Up Philip
Alex Ross Perry likes ironic titles. His previous film, The Color Wheel (discussed last week)…
Trash Failure: Color of Night (1994)
In 1994, the erotic thriller boom was in its death throes. The boom of erotic thrillers…
Is Dumb And Dumber Really A Comedy Classic?
Jim Carrey may have lost some of his luster in recent years, but to say…