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Tag Archives: reviews
Review: We Are As Gods (2022)
I reviewed the documentary about controversial countercultural “visionary” Stewart Brand – he of the Whole Earth Catalog, which I remember seeing piled around in people’s houses in my childhood – but beyond, to his spearheading of the computer revolution and … Continue reading
Review: The Cathedral (2022)
This is a fascinating film – which could have been a stylistic experiment only – and instead becomes a fascinating marriage of form and content: the form – a very very strict form – leaves space for the “content” (that … Continue reading
Review: Funny Pages (2022)
This is some pretty bleak shit. But also entertaining. Dark. Weird. I had no idea what was going to happen from one moment to the next. I reviewed for Ebert.
Review: Spin Me Round (2022)
Jeff Baena’s The Little Hours is a romp I highly recommended back when it first opened. His latest, Spin Me Round, starring two actresses – Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza – he works with again and again (one of whom … Continue reading
Review: Emily the Criminal (2022)
I SO dug this. Aubrey Plaza hits different and I am so excited about her career. I reviewed for Ebert.
Review: What Josiah Saw (2022)
I recognize the bold choices made here – and it’s always good to see Robert Patrick and Nick Stahl – so I call those things out, but this film was not for me. It didn’t help that I couldn’t get … Continue reading
Review: Resurrection (2022)
Resurrection is a psychological thriller – I guess? – but it goes into much nuttier territory than the usual. I dug it. It’s bonkers. Great acting, too. I reviewed for Ebert.
Review: How to Please a Woman (2022)
Okay, so this is the second women-hire-male-sex-workers movie I’ve reviewed in one month. In June, I reviewed the excellent Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – playing on Hulu – and now comes the Australian comedy How to Please a … Continue reading
Review: She Will (2022)
This is very good and I highly recommend it. I reviewed She Will for Ebert.
Review: Claire Denis’ Both Sides of the Blade (2022)
For Ebert, I reviewed Both Sides of the Blade, the great Claire Denis’ volatile romantic drama (or melodrama, depends on how you look at it) – starring Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon (who was so heartbreaking and insightful and tender … Continue reading