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Tag Archives: drama
Review: Postcards from London (2018)
I appreciated the film’s grappling with ideas about artistic influence, in particular as it applies to the iconography and patron saints/icons/martyrs of homosexual male art history – to be awkward about it – the rebels/renegades/outlaws who make up that vibrant … Continue reading
Review: The Long Dumb Road (2018)
I really enjoyed this road trip movie. My review of The Long Dumb Road is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Review: Burning (2018) – one of the great films of 2018
(Just had to call it out in the title to get your attention.) Lee Chang-dong is an incredible filmmaker and Burning – his first in 8 years – is a great film. My review of Burning is now up at … Continue reading
Review: All About Nina (2018)
Ignore the terrible poster. This is a very good movie. And it haunted me for a good 24 hours after I saw it. It got pretty damn close to some of my own deeply engrained … issues … and it … Continue reading
Review: Lizzie (2018)
Kind of muted, underwater. A disappointment. My review of Lizzie is now up at Rogerebert.com.
For Film Comment: Tamara Jenkins’ Private Life
Tamara Jenkins makes about one movie a decade (I wish there were more) and each one is personal in its own way, funny, human, complex. The Slums of Beverly Hills was uneven in spots, but featured an amazingly rich and … Continue reading
For Sight & Sound magazine: The final shot of Shampoo
For the “Endings” column in the October issue of Sight & Sound magazine, I wrote about the final shot in Hal Ashby’s Shampoo. It’s one of my favorite final shots in cinema. (I pitched the piece before Criterion made its … Continue reading
Review: We the Animals (2018)
I recommend checking out We the Animals. Been getting a lot of buzz since Sundance. It’s not perfect, but there’s enough here to warrant giving it a shot. My review of We the Animals is now up at Rogerebert.com.
For Arrow Films: An essay on Robert Altman’s Gosford Park
What a treat this project was! Another DVD booklet for Arrow Films in the UK (my first was an essay on the under-talked-about masterpiece Another Woman included in a Woody Allen boxset): I wrote the booklet essay for their DVD … Continue reading
Review: Cocote (2018)
This was a challenging film for sure but I am very glad I saw it. My review of Cocote is up at Rogerebert.com.