Year of the Month: James Williams on THE TREE OF LIFE
It’s strange to think back to 2011, when the prospect of a new Terrence Malick…
The Friday Article Roundup: Look Closer
This Week You Will Examine: an historian an activist a celebrity couple local music heart…
Taco Break: Good Narration
And God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help…
Film on the Internet: SPY GAME
It feels like fate always wanted to have Robert Redford and Brad Pitt in the…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
This post will contain spoilers. I don’t fully subscribe to Switchblade Sisters host April Wolfe’s…
My Masterpiece: Persia on Inglourious Basterds
1. All y’all will get me one hundred Nazi scalps, taken from the heads of…
What The F? Babalugats on Killing Them Softly
Cinemascore purports to know what “real” people “really” think about movies. They find…
The Crew: OCEAN’S ELEVEN (2001) with Commentary (Summer of Soderbergh)
Audio commentaries are like the answer to the test posed by Gene Siskel: a movie…
Scenic Route: SEVEN (1995)
Film is mercilessly visual. Its closeups, the clarity of the image (which only gets clearer…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: MEET JOE BLACK
Who Shot It: Emmanuel Lubezki. Before he became the cinematographer you hire when you want…