The First Day of a New Life: Nikita Komarov on DAZED AND CONFUSED
I first saw Dazed and Confused 11 years ago, in the summer of 2013;…
Film on the Internet: THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Brad Furman’s The Lincoln Lawyer feels like–and in fact, later became–a TV show. Specifically, it…
Dissolve On (7/30/2017-8/5/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
SEA OF TREES is an absolute disaster
Gus Van Sant has, thus far, had two comebacks. The first one followed his disastrous…
Film on the Internet: INTERSTELLAR on Amazon Prime
As Christopher Nolan has commanded bigger budgets and larger films, his ambitions haven’t just gotten…
TRUE DETECTIVE season 2, ep. 1: “The Western Book of the Dead”
Last night saw the return of one of television’s most unique and innovative shows, an…
The Virtue of Clarity: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and REIGN OF FIRE
Whenever a bloated, overlong action movie gets inflicted on the viewing public, someone can be…
Meaning Is Historical: TRUE DETECTIVE season 1
LA Confidential could have been the title for True Detective, as L. A. Confidential, more…
Killer Joe Review
Few movies offer the punch in the face experience William Friedkin’s Killer Joe offers. Pulizer…
Dead Ends: THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE to THE NEXT GENERATION… and Beyond
It is six minutes into The Texas Chain Saw Massacre before we see a living, breathing being.…