Film
Underground director Emile de Antonio saw films as “a way to make art out of political raw material.”
Director Abderrahmane Sissako wants the viewer to have the golden-age city in mind when, today, 2015, we see how terrible life has become there.
Mr Grey had his peccadilloes to be sure but, if you were unaware of the kinky side of his love life, then either you’ve been living under a rock, or missed that day in health class.
Oh, to be a lead character in a Borzage movie. You might expire during the final dissolve into “The End,” but man oh man, you will have loved. And you will have been loved.
A Most Violent Year is nothing if not intense.
Brandy Burre is a trained actress who is artfully aware of the camera and its power: the director uses her skill as a performer to animate the film.
These films demonstrate what’s often so great about documentaries: here’s where you find real courage and everyday heroism, and not in mythic, muscular, blockbusters.
Xavier Dolan’s up-close look at a mother-son relationship has the intensity of a John Cassavetes film — it can be gut-wrenching to watch.
American Sniper is classic Clint Eastwood. Dirty Harry vs the bad guys, and the bad guys all look like ‘them.’
Inherent Vice is a giddy, trippy potpourri that tries to make a virtue of never quite settling on what kind of story it wants to tell.
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