Category: Film
Sing Street Puts A Spotlight On What Music’s All About: Getting the Girl
The Irish maestro of interweaving stunning songs into film (see: Once and Begin Again), John Carney, disappoints not with his latest feature, Sing Street. A [Read More…]
Paterson: There’s No Room in the Emotional Budget for Dreams, But We Still Pursue Them
For those accustomed to the Jim Jarmusch pace of life, Paterson is a film in keeping with what we’re used to from the indie auteur. [Read More…]
On the Verge of What What Have Been Bowie’s 70th Birthday, Velvet Goldmine Feels More Validated Than Ever
Last year, David Bowie just barely made it to his 69th birthday on January 8th before dying of liver cancer on January 10th. As what [Read More…]
Julieta: Like A More Intense Version of Gilmore Girls
When it comes to exploring the relationship between mothers and sons, Pedro Almodóvar has well covered the territory. Mothers and daughters, on the other hand, [Read More…]
Train’s “Drops of Jupiter” is the Soundtrack to Sacramento in Other People
No one can fully understand Sacramento unless they’re from there. Unlike New York or L.A., it is not the sort of place that can become [Read More…]
Fences: The Tighter You Try To Close Someone In, The More They Want To Escape
That old platitude that’s supposed to help everyone about to lose the person they love, “If you love someone set them free,” doesn’t apply to [Read More…]
Why Him? Is A Bit Like the Urine-Soaked Moose Featured In It: A Curiosity That Wears Off Quickly
One knows going into Why Him? that the entire reason the movie received the green light was based upon the notion of envisioning the dynamic [Read More…]
Now We Start All Over Again: Collateral Beauty As A Christmas Carol Update
While it goes without saying that any movie Will Smith is willing to sign on for is probably going to be unforgivably maudlin (even Bad [Read More…]
Realizing I Know What You Did Last Summer Isn’t Scary So Much As J. Love Hewitt Getting Irritated by A Fisherman
At the time of its release in 1997, I Know What You Did Last Summer was coasting on the high of Kevin Williamson’s previous slasher [Read More…]
All the Things That Could Have Been: La La Land
Los Angeles in general is a city based on “could have.” I “could have” been a star, I “could have” not gotten that DUI, etc. [Read More…]
