Jason says: “MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY is the sort of colorful, genre-mashing flick that doesn’t just try to bowl the audience over, but practically insists on it, overwhelming the viewer with color and sound and sudden shifts until they either
Thom says: “I was all prepared to like this brilliant film from all the rave reviews but I had no idea I’d love it this much. The story: a successful but frustrated Hollywood screenwriter (Gil, Owen Wilson) travels to his
Diane says: “RUSSIAN ARK meets Mel Gibson’s PASSION. This gorgeous, soporific Polish film turns Bruegel’s painting, ‘The Way to Calvary,’ into a mostly wordless narrative. Concept is great (digitized background of the painting’s landscape with live actors in middle- and
Jason says: “MIA AND THE MIGOO isn’t a new film; it played the festival circuit and various markets two and a half years ago, including the New York International Children’s Film Festival. Apparently Matthew Modine saw it at one of
Jason says: “As hooks go, it’s tough to beat the one Lars von Trier uses to start MELANCHOLIA: The world ends in such slow motion that time almost seems to be standing still. It’s a fantastic scene of planetary destruction,
Jason says: “Why don’t you want to see this movie at the end of a long day? Because it is frequently boring, and seeing it in that condition will exacerbate this. Reducing it to simply that one adjective is tremendously
Michael says: “To kick off this season’s CineCache co-presentation with the Brattle Theatre, we got a sneak preview of the Sundance hit, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE. This is one impressive debut film… heck, it’s a pretty impressive film all around.
Chris says: “Ash Christian’s debut feature FAT GIRLS wasn’t a great film, but it wasn’t bad for being written, directed and produced by a 21-year-old (he starred in it, too). A tad slapdash but often hilarious, it positioned him as
Julie says: “Writer/Director J.C. Chandor outdid himself in his first feature debut, MARGIN CALL. The movie (billed as a drama / thriller) while fictional tells a story very close to the truth. It follows the key people at an investment
Chris says: “If nothing else, see MAGIC TRIP for its amazing archival footage of Ken Kesey and his ‘Merry Band of Pranksters’ on their infamous 1964 cross-country bus trip. They filmed hours and hours of footage along the way, but