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Tag Archives: reviews
Review: The One I Love (2014)
Super-fun with a great premise. Avoid spoilers if you can. There are no spoilers in my review at Rogerebert.com. I went into it not knowing the twist, and am glad I did. Mark Duplass and Elizabeth Moss are great. I … Continue reading
Review: Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014)
The second Sin City doesn’t break new ground or explore that grimy world further or deeper. It kind of just sits in the same space that the first one did. However, I didn’t mind that. I love what it looks … Continue reading
Review: Love Is Strange (2014)
You guys, it is so so good. Don’t miss it. My review is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Review: The Giver (2014)
My review of the film version of The Giver, the Lois Lowry classic is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Blue Ruin (2014); directed by Jeremy Saulnier
Blue Ruin is the little tiny engine that could. Written and directed, as well as shot, by Jeremy Saulnier (mainly a cinematographer), it was a dream project for him, something he managed to pull together with its integrity intact. There … Continue reading
20 Feet From Stardom (2013); directed by Morgan Neville
There’s a moment in Morgan Neville’s 20 Feet From Stardom, the fantastic Oscar-winning documentary about the world of the backup singer, that I can’t stop thinking about. Merry Clayton, a busy and hard-working backup singer, who had recorded with Ray … Continue reading
Enemy (2014); Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a double role in Enemy, the film based on Jose Saramago’s novel “The Double” (which I haven’t read). A history professor named Adam Bell meanders through his life, lecturing, coming home, having repetitive sex with his girlfriend … Continue reading
Joe (2013); directed by David Gordon Green
Joe barely got a release. It was in New York for about 4 days, and I missed it. The fact that Joe, a great American film, in my opinion, couldn’t even get distribution is evidence of the dire-ness of the … Continue reading
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013); Directed by Frank Pavich
“Could be fantastic, no?” Alejandro Jodorowsky says at one point, after describing the opening sequence of the Dune he planned on directing. Could be fantastic, yes. What is even more fantastic is the documentary about Jodorowsky’s valiant and tireless attempt … Continue reading
Computer Chess (2013); directed by Andrew Bujalski
In 1984, a group of tech nerds, programmers, and chess fanatics gather in a dingy Holiday Inn for an annual chess tournament. Different teams across America have been busy developing chess programs on computers, and the goal is to develop … Continue reading