Category: Film
Fellini’s Roma Is a Film As Disjointed & Chaotic as Italy’s Capital
Like Amarcord after it, Federico Fellini’s 1972 film Roma is among his most autobiographical. Detailing, in a manner as meandering as it is captivating, the journey of [Read More…]
Miu Miu & Chloë Sevigny Team Up to Bring You the Perfect Valentine to the Happy Being Sad Girl
Chloë Sevigny is no stranger to fashion or film–in fact, she’s a hardened veteran by now. After completing her first short film, Kitty (not to be [Read More…]
In Istanbul (and in General), Cats are Kedi-mine
There is a god-like way to how animals are treated in Istanbul, especially, it seems in Ceyda Torun’s first feature-length film, Kedi. Paying homage to the [Read More…]
Colin Farrell Is Catnip To Waifish Blondes in The Beguiled Trailer
With Sofia Coppola long overdue to prove herself cinematically again in the wake of such divisive films as Somewhere and The Bling Ring, the impactful [Read More…]
Everything Is Copy Documentary Examines the Limits of Nora Ephron’s Philosophy on Art
The family mantra of the Ephrons, started by Nora’s screenwriter mother, Phoebe Wolkind, was simply this: “everything is copy.” That is to say, any pains [Read More…]
The Lure: Bitch, This Isn’t Splash
In spite of how beloved the mermaid is in folklore and on clothing, there is no “mermaid genre” per se in film. All we really [Read More…]
The NeverEnding Story: A Movie We Need Now More Than Ever
There are moments in life when you revisit a movie from the past, and have forgotten enough about it to view the film with entirely [Read More…]
Emmanuelle Riva, Mon Amour
Perhaps no other actress–apart from Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday–hit the jackpot as much as Emmanuelle Riva with her debut role as Elle in Hiroshima, [Read More…]
Things To Come: Just When You’ve Settled Comfortably Into Middle Age, Life Discomfits You
Isabelle Huppert’s filmic renaissance of late came specifically with the one-two punch releases of Elle and Things to Come (known simply as L’Avenir in French) [Read More…]
Slow Pacing and Erratic Behavior from Dennis Hopper Bring Out the Strange in Wim Wenders’ The American Friend
The thing about adapting a novel from Patricia Highsmith is that it almost always guarantees the film will have a high gloss feel with the [Read More…]
