Jason says: “Though it’s not uncommon to encounter one that makes a good case for its greater length at all, most horror movies would be best served running seventy-five to eighty minutes, long enough to set a story up, make
Jason says: “That they can be given names as generic as PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN or, in this case, just THE PIRATES without fear of confusion means just one thing: There are not enough pirate movies being made these days.
Chris says: “Roy Andersson makes movies that could come from no other director. I suppose most film buffs can detect plentiful influences on his style: the more overtly comic works of Luis Bunuel and David Lynch, naturally fellow Swede Ingmar
Jason says: “GRAND PIANO is evidence that, with enough creativity and energy, a clever filmmaker can make an exciting thriller out of what may seem like unlikely activities and situations. In this case, it’s a man playing classical piano before
Jason says: “Why, Fantasia (and other) programmers, do you insist on scheduling nearly wordless movies for 10pm (or later)? I get that they’re often enough of an acquired taste to keep out of prime time, but it can be rough
Diane says: “Jim Jarmusch gives us another lovely, delicately realized, witty film. Thanks, Kyle, for your writing on the soundtrack. “I always wish that Tilda Swinton could be more chameleonic–that is, not be so obviously Tilda Swinton–but I have to
Jason says: “There are filmmakers that like to explain all the details of how their plot devices work, there are those who like to keep a little mystery, and then there are the makers of THE ONE I LOVE, who
Jason says: “Is Philip Ng the next big martial-arts action star to come out of China? It seems like we’ve been waiting for the generation that comes after Jet Li and Donnie Yen to show up for a while, and
Jason says: “At one point in ON MY WAY, Catherine Deneuve’s Bettie looks at the kid singing some English-language song in the passenger seat, then at the freeway outside the window, and grumbles that she feels like she’s in America.
Kyle says: “OF HORSES AND MEN marks an impressive feature film debut by Icelandic stage director Benedikt Erlingsson, as well as film debuts by many of his theater actor colleagues. Beautifully conceived and observed, with the exquisite but forbidding landscapes