Category: Film
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…]
The Day Heath Ledger Died
For some reason, certain celebrity extinctions are more memorable–more momentous–than others. Heath Ledger was one of those deaths that commenced a chain of iconic check-outs (Michael Jackson [Read More…]
The Ferrer-est of Them All: Goodnight Sweet Miguel
Miguel Ferrer had one of those faces that sticks in your mind for life. One supposes that, with such a quality, it’s no wonder that [Read More…]
Repressed Sexuality in Ocean Waves Lends Explosivity to Every Exchange
The Japanese, already a naturally sexually repressed nation, take said physical restraint to a new level when placed within the high school context of Tomomi Mochizuki’s [Read More…]
Hidden Figures: A Movie That Figures Out How to Lend the Term “Feel-Good” to Racism
A film about a trio of exceptionally brilliant black female mathematicians, one would think, ought to be directed by, ideally, a black female–or at least [Read More…]
