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THE FRONT RUNNER

November 21, 2018 By 1 Comment

THE FRONT RUNNER

a thoughtful, anarchically lively, film about the obligations of the candidate and the responsibilities of the press that force us to question both

Tagged With: based on a true story, book to screen, ethics, Gary Hart, politics, presidential race, scandal

LITTLE MEN

August 1, 2016 By Leave a Comment

LITTLE MEN

There is no phase of a parent-child relationship more fraught with peril, and for which either party is less prepared, than when the latter learns that the former is not infallible. LITTLE MEN portrays that milestone with intelligence and sensitivity for all concerned as two 13-year-olds become fast friends only to have their relationship threatened… Read More »

Tagged With: Brooklyn, child's-eye view, father-son, friendship, gentrification, lease dispute

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

March 4, 2016 By Leave a Comment

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT is being sold as a comedy and that shortchanges everyone. Based on the memoir by Kim Barker, “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” about her time in the early 2000s as a war correspondent in Afghanistan, it is a trenchant look at media, politics, and the separate reality that… Read More »

Tagged With: Afghanistan, based on a true story, book to screen, journalism, network news, war, war correspondent

FRIDA

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

FRIDA

At one point during Julie Taymor’s exquisite film, FRIDA, Diego Rivera tells Frida Kahlo that while he can only paint what he sees, she paints from the heart. And so it is as it should be that Taymor’s biopic of Frida’s life is the landscape of Frida’s heart than a straightforward telling of the events… Read More »

Tagged With: art, bisexuality, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Mexico, painting, Salma Hayak

COFFEE AND CIGARETTES

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

COFFEE AND CIGARETTES

Are you a bug, Bill Murray?” It’’s an odd question, but in the context of Jim Jarmusch’’s brilliant consideration of human interaction, COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, there is both genius and poetry to it. This series of vignettes filmed in glossy, nostalgic black and white examines ten different conversations that on the surface have nothing in common… Read More »

Tagged With: Bill Murray, caffiene, Cigarettes, coffee, conversation, evil twins, giving up smoking, Gza, Iggy Pop, Jack White, Jim Jarmush, juke box, metaphysics, resonance, Rza, Steve Buscemi, Tesla Coil, vignettes

SPIDERMAN 2

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

I so want to like SPIDERMAN 2 with the unreserved satisfaction that I found with the original. Here is a franchise that is unafraid to tackle serious, real-life issues such as the stickiness of human interaction and dwindling bank accounts, while still pursuing serious reel-life fun. Alas, where the original SPIDERMAN dealt metaphorically and with… Read More »

SILK

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

SILK, based on the novel by Alessandro Baricco, is a singularly uninvolving bit of piffle crafted as though those who made it were afraid of waking someone. The scenery is lovely, which is a good thing, because there is nothing else happening here worth seeing. And from this we learn a valuable lesson. Art direction… Read More »

THE HOAX

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

What makes THE HOAX such a thoroughly enjoyable ride is that even though its anti-hero, Clifford Irving, is perpetrating the eponymous hoax, he is so good at it. His exuberance during the highs and even the lows of his scheme as kinks pop up is infectious. He is having such a good time plotting it,… Read More »

SORCERER’S APPRENTICE, THE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE starts with so much promise. Nicolas Cage as Balthazar, the eccentric and eponymous sorcerer on a quest to find Merlin’s heir and with him conquer the evil sorcerers bent on ruling the world by first destroying it. Jay Baruchel as Dave, the sweet but stuttering science geek and, as a magic dragon… Read More »

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