In wrapping up Fantasia, I focused on The Five Rules of Success, Come True, and The Dark and the Wicked, three ambitious genre titles that have stuck with me long since their credits rolled.
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Book Review: Filmmaker Werner Herzog — On the Hunt for the Ecstatic Truth
This thoughtful study offers a worthwhile critical perspective on Werner Herzog, one of the world’s great living film artists.
Visual Arts/Film Review: “Elliott Erwitt — Silence Sounds Good” — Far From Dull
Aside from making generalities about “making good photographs” and “earning a living,” celebrated photographer Elliott Erwitt steadfastly refuses to be drawn out.
Film Review: At the Fantasia International Film Festival, Part Two
Movies, great or awful, are essential comforts in these nightmarish times. And in my second dispatch of the Fantasia fest, I bring better tidings.
Film Review: “Unhinged” — Relentless Road Rage
Unhinged is one of the most violent films I’ve seen in recent memory where there is no excessive gun play. But who needs bullets when you are driving a two ton projectile powered by an endless, roiling fount of rage?
Film Review: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” — Charlie Kaufman’s Hall of Existential Mirrors Glimmers Darkly
I’m Thinking of Ending Things is a bit of a wonder, a careful nightmare that demands rapt attention even if repeated viewings do little to assuage its eeriness.
Film Remembrance: Death of a Bible “Salesman”
The cinema verite masterpiece is among the first non-fiction theatrical features to chronicle “regular” people going about their everyday lives.
Film Review: At the Fantasia International Film Festival, Part One
The Mortuary Collection is a dark diamond in the rough of this year’s Fantasia so far, a canny ode to horror history that pays respect to its elders without appearing dated or derivative.
Film Review: “The Pale Door” — Open and Shut
The Pale Door, following in the steps of so many horror films these days, spoils a promising premise via a contrived and uneven story line.
Film Review: “An Easy Girl” — Finally, a Worthwhile Movie on Netflix
So what’s up with the 16 year old Naima, who has been mostly watching and listening? Is it time for her to become an “adult”?