Dolemite Is My Name (Craig Brewer, 2019)
The 1970s were an interesting time, to say the least. I recall my parents sending me out of the room so...
2019-11-24 18:44:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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Zombi Child (Bertrand Bonello, 2019)
A perplexing film in that it is so simple and direct, you could come away thinking perhaps you missed s...
2019-11-23 23:49:30 +0000 UTC View Post2008 (Blake Williams, 2019)
It's always a bit awkward to write about the work of friends, but as I've no doubt mentioned before, it...
2019-11-23 21:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostCavalcade (Johann Lurf, 2019)
Going through the files to catch up with 2019 experimental films that have somehow escaped me, I found ...
2019-11-18 02:22:22 +0000 UTC View PostCityscape (Michael Snow, 2019)
About five hours ago, I have the pleasure of seeing Michael Snow's latest film Cityscape at Ri...
2019-11-18 00:35:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Whistlers (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2019)
All in all, La Gomera really is a better title for this film. That's Porumboiu's origina...
2019-11-16 17:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe Red Album, or a Poetic Intent (Miryam Charles, 2019)
The second (and far more interesting) of two short films I've discovered this year by Canadian filmmake...
2019-11-14 03:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostWhat I've Been Up To (in case you're curious)
I have been toiling away on my PhD. dissertation prospectus. Yes, against all odds, I have been given o...
2019-11-12 16:13:15 +0000 UTC View PostWasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty (Jodie Mack, 2019)
One of the true pleasures of being a film critic is when you are in the midst of a truly great artist w...
2019-11-10 20:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnne at Thirteen Thousand Feet (Kazik Radwanski, 2019)
(First of all, memo to Mike D'Angelo for future reference: the title above appears onscreen, in contras...
2019-11-10 03:05:58 +0000 UTC View PostLight From Light (Paul Harrill, 2019)
Here's an instance in which I wish I'd kept better notes, and why I now try to write a little something...
2019-11-05 17:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe Wild Goose Lake (Diao Yinan, 2019)
"Overcorrection," my driver's ed teacher called it. Cannes, having made the mistake of keeping Bi Gan's...
2019-11-04 16:28:24 +0000 UTC View PostEl Camino (Vince Gilligan, 2019)
Well, I was supposed to watch The Wild Goose Lake, as per your instructions, and I will either...
2019-11-03 17:22:59 +0000 UTC View PostI Was a Bad Boy...
...so Twitter has put me in a time-out. I'll spend this twelve hours thinking about how Twitter is a wa...
2019-10-31 23:04:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Joker (Todd Phillips, 2019)
Astute readers will have already sussed out the pattern: having caught up with this year's winners at C...
2019-10-25 05:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostSynonyms (Nadav Lapid, 2019)
A very strange film, Synonyms is obviously being mistaken for a good film in many quarters, so...
2019-10-24 16:18:23 +0000 UTC View PostParasite (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
Bong Joon-ho's Parasite is a very rare film. It is timely, it seems to have emerged from the d...
2019-10-23 01:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostColor-Blind (Ben Russell, 2019)
In its own way Color-Blind is one of Ben Russell's most challenging films. It certainly offers...
2019-10-22 22:14:18 +0000 UTC View PostPlease Give Less Generously
Hello, my friends. It's been too long.
And that's the problem. This semester has been a real kill...
2019-10-21 00:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostDear Babylon (Ayo Akingbade, 2019)
This is British filmmaker Ayo Akingbade's third film in a trilogy about social housing. I have only see...
2019-10-15 20:46:23 +0000 UTC View PostMister America (Eric Notarnicola, 2019)
As a feature film, Mister America would be, one assumes, a logical entry point for the large a...
2019-10-14 17:17:22 +0000 UTC View PostTwo New-ish Films by Ephraim Asili
For the past two days, we were very fortunate to have Ephraim Asili visiting Houston presenting his wor...
2019-10-13 06:15:22 +0000 UTC View PostFast Color (Julia Hart, 2018)
As time goes on, if future audiences discover Fast Color, one of the defining aspects of the f...
2019-10-08 03:22:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe Mafia is No Longer What It Used to Be (Franco Maresco, 2019)
Franco Maresco is a filmmaker I'm shamefully behind on, and so his newest film seemed like a good place...
2019-10-02 02:12:43 +0000 UTC View PostAbout Endlessness (Roy Andersson, 2019)
In its own strange way, About Endlessness feels like an epilogue to Roy Andersson's grand tril...
2019-10-01 03:06:39 +0000 UTC View Post...And That's a Promise!!
Sorry, it's been insane around here. Reviews of the Roy Andersson and Franco Maresco in eight hours or ...
2019-09-30 04:14:27 +0000 UTC View PostMonos (Alejandro Landes, 2019)
Essentially an exploitation film that doesn't have the courage of its convictions, Alejandro Landes' th...
2019-09-23 04:13:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Two Recent Films by Friedl vom Gröller
I have been working, on and off, on a project that I have tentatively called "Small Films." The premise...
2019-09-20 21:54:43 +0000 UTC View Post