A Star Is Torn: HER SMELL Takes Us on a Wild Ride
Written and directed by Alex Ross Perry, Her Smell is a uniquely fictionalized take on…
The Quiet Confrontation of GOLDEN EXITS
Written and directed by Alex Ross Perry, Golden Exits is about letting go. For Nick, an…
The Year in Review: Revisiting the Late 60s
If, as I wrote in last year’s review, that the early 60s were in vogue…
A Woman Over the Influence: QUEEN OF EARTH
There’s a scene in Love Streams (1984), written and directed by John Cassavetes, where someone…
The Year in Review: The Early 1960s Revisited?
By now, Mark Harris’s dire predictions about the future of film have been heard by many. …
What Was Mumblecore? Part 3: CYRUS
The graphic take of The Color Wheel (2011) on family love was a not-so-subtle signal…
Song of Myself: Listen Up Philip
Alex Ross Perry likes ironic titles. His previous film, The Color Wheel (discussed last week)…
What Was Mumblecore? Part 2: THE COLOR WHEEL
With the attention that Listen Up Philip has been receiving (review forthcoming), it’s good to…