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Tag Archives: reviews
Review: White Girl (2016)
First feature from writer/director Elizabeth Wood. It kind of drove me crazy but this Brian Marc kid is great. My review of White Girl is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Rust and Bone: One of the Best Films of 2012.
Not a review. I repeat: Not a review. I’ve been writing this, a paragraph at a time, for over 2 months. It’s more like one of my SPN re-caps, where I go scene by scene exploring story and character analysis. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Belgium, France, Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, reviews, romantic drama
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Review: In Order of Disappearance (2016)
My review of In Order of Disappearance – a revenge-thriller-comedy – is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Review: Spa Night (2016)
A gentle and slow and repressed “coming out but not really” story, taking place in the Koreatown neighborhood in Los Angeles. A first feature. Pacing-wise and story-wise, it has a couple of issues, but in general it’s a good film … Continue reading
Review: Disorder (2016)
Apparently, it’s Matthias Schoenaerts Week on my blog. Alice Winocour directs. Disorder is a thriller but it’s more a psychological study of one PTSD-traumatized man, played by Matthias Schoenaerts. Highly recommended. My review of Disorder is now up at Rogerebert.com.
For Rogerebert.com: On Joan Crawford and Sudden Fear
Joan Crawford got her third (and final) Oscar nomination for her performance in 1952’s Sudden Fear, a film I’ve wrote about ad nauseum, here and elsewhere. The film has been restored and is starting a short theatrical run at the … Continue reading
Riotous Excursions: Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
I contributed a piece to Bright Wall Dark Room’s August “Literary Adaptations” issue, and I wrote on a film I’ve been wanting to write about – and celebrate – for a long time (or, ever since it came out): Baz … Continue reading
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Tagged Baz Luhrmann, drama, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Leonardo DiCaprio, reviews, The Great Gatsby
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Review: Bullhead (2011)
Jacky is huge. A hulk of a man. Back muscles and shoulder muscles ripple and bulge as he shadow-boxes ferociously in the bathroom with sickly underwater-sea-green light, a room that is his private domain. Sometimes he climbs into the tub, … Continue reading
Review: Little Men (2016) d. Ira Sachs
Little Men, directed by one of my favorite film-makers, Ira Sachs, is wonderful. My review of Little Men is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Review: Don’t Think Twice (2016)
My review of Don’t Think Twice is up at Rogerebert.com. I love Mike Birbiglia. I’ve seen his standup act and adore him. I love Sleepwalk With Me. His latest, Don’t Think Twice, is amazing. Making a film like this – … Continue reading