Film That Needs A Better Disc: CHATTERBOX!
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a hairdresser is trapped in an unsatisfying…
The Solute Record Club/Year of the Month: Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos
A nearly objective measure of the necessity of J. S. Bach to the Western musical…
BEACH RATS
Eliza Hittman’s Beach Rats is a woman’s attempt to look into the rituals of male sexuality.…
Film on the Disc: LAW OF DESIRE
One year after Matador, Pedro Almodovar’s Law of Desire codified the techniques that would define Almodovar’s works for…
Four Ways of Looking at Jasper Johns
You know, I don’t do it because. (Jasper Johns) The surfaces claimed my attention first:…
Taco Break: The Quiltbag Film Festival
Ed’s note: This is a bit of a ramble…think of today’s Taco Break as a…
Taco Break: Problematic
Rope is my second favorite movie by Alfred Hitchcock. When I saw it as a…
SIFF Dispatches: ZOOLOGY
In America, we see films so literally anymore. When nothing is taboo, everything can be…
SIFF Dispatches: SUSANNE BARTSCH: ON TOP
What happens when somebody makes a perfectly lovely documentary but you couldn’t care less about…
SIFF Dispatches: SANTA & ANDRES
Although I don’t consume as much foreign cinema as I should – I especially need…