The trippiness, the nudge regarding unused powers, regarding vision, regarding the potential of our minds, are the best parts of Lucy.
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Film Reviews: Flesh and Fantasy in the Art House
Two new films take a poetic and fantastical look at the artifice of sensual surfaces to imagine the horrific realities beneath.
Film Review: Spike Jonze’s “Her” — Is This Love Affair Creepy? Or Probing?
Is “Her” exploring truths about romance and emotional need? Or is this a creepy look into how far we’ve surrendered to the infantilizing embrace of technology?
Film Review: “Match Point” — A Winning Serve
Woody Allen’s freshest and most potent film in years manages to be much more than an erotic thriller. By Betsy Sherman Woody Allen’s cinema of the past 10 years has been one of quaint fetishes. True, his passion for early jazz resulted in the hilarious “Sweet and Lowdown,” but aside from that movie and the […]
