Tideland will go down in history as one of the most stunning mistakes of the first decade of the 21st century. It’s a movie that fits perfectly in the Terry Gilliam oeuvre, except for the fact that it is a dismal, rank bore that so misses the thematic mark that it becomes a complete nightmare. … Continue reading
This film is playing at the 44th New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. It’s playing Sunday, October 8th at 8:30 and Monday, October 9th at 11:30am. For information on how to get tickets, click here. Be aware that even if a show is sold out there will be a Rush line, where you may … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PUBLISHER: Forge BooksMSRP: $24.95PAGES: 336 Mad Dogs by James Grady is a slam dunk of adrenaline that does not stop to let you breathe and you’ll beg it to keep going harder and harder until you’re gasping for air. It is an insane comic drama and it kicked my ass. … Continue reading
There are a lot of things I’ll let a horror film get away with. I’ll excuse bad acting, a shitty script, or low production values. But the one thing that I will never let a horror movie get away with is being completely boring. And Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is so completely boring that … Continue reading
There are people who dismiss Martin Scorsese’s non-gangster films. Sometimes it feels like they don’t even acknowledge the existence of movies like or Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore or The Last Temptation of Christ or The Age of Innocence. These people are going to be more entrenched in their beliefs after the release of The … Continue reading
This film is playing at the 44th New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. It’s playing Saturday, October 7 at midnight and Monday, October 9 at 3:30. For information on how to get tickets, click here. Be aware that even if a show is sold out there will be a Rush line, where you may … Continue reading
This film is playing at the 44th New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. It’s playing Saturday, September 30th at 9 and Sunday, October 1st at 2:30. For information on how to get tickets, click here. Be aware that even if a show is sold out there will be a Rush line, where you may … Continue reading
GERMANY MICHAEL TUCKER, PETRA EPPERLEIN In 2003, the documentary Gunner Palace became the most dramatic real account of the United States’ war in Iraq, as embedded cameraman Michael Tucker followed the 2/3 Field Artillery through Baghdad. One of the most memorable segments of the film was a nighttime raid on the Abbas home, suspected of … Continue reading
GermanyHans-Christian Schmid At long last, there’s another minor current of filmmakers making art film out of genre. (The last genuine one I remember was around the time of Don’t Look Now.) Look at Les Revenants, which ran at the festival in 2004. That was a zombie movie re-cast as social commentary. Requiem is similar, in … Continue reading
I had three opening sentences for this review, and I couldn’t decide between them, so please just use your favorite one: I didn’t think The Guardian was too long and had too many endings until those hobbits started jumping up and down on Kevin Costner’s bed. I was enjoying the new Kevin Costner movie, The … Continue reading