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REVIEW: Thor
In 2002’s incredibly self-aware “Urinetown: The Musical,” the characters Officer Lockstock and Little Sally discuss things that can kill a show. They first discuss titles, which can often sour first...
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REVIEW: The Avengers
There are two kinds of people in this world: those that prefer “The Dark Knight” and Christopher Nolan, and those that “The Avengers” and Joss Whedon. I count myself absolutely and unapologetically in...
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REVIEW: The Deep Blue Sea
There was a moment towards the beginning of Terrence Davies’ “The Deep Blue Sea” where I thought I might be watching a film made beautifully in the style of another Terrence. That is, Terrence Malick....
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REVIEW: Only Lovers Left Alive
Cannes Film Festival – Official Selection, 2013 I’ve listened to countless interviews with James Gray about his film “The Immigrant,” so many that I can’t pair a quote with a particular interview and...
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REVIEW: Crimson Peak
“Crimson Peak” presents an unfortunate irony for most reviewers like myself. The movie is essentially what we clamor for day in and day out: the chance for a great auteur like Guillermo del Toro to...
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REVIEW: High-Rise
Fantastic Fest If Ben Wheatley’s achievement in High-Rise were likened to anything, it might have to be juggling fire. Not merely content to cautiously play with fire, he lights a few torches and...
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REVIEW: I Saw the Light
If the biopic of Hank Williams is to be believed, he saw the light when his first-born child entered the world. (We know this, of course, because he sang it.) Around this time in the film, I found...
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REVIEW: Kong: Skull Island
“Am I the story of the Negro in America?” asks a German major in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” as he tries to guess the name written on a card affixed to his forehead in a bar game. He...
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