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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

VENOM

October 7, 2018 By Leave a Comment

VENOM

We none of us, least of all your humble correspondent, lives in a vacuum. So perhaps it’s because I’ve recently seen THE PREDATOR that the mere, yet aggressive, mediocrity of VENOM did not make for a completely awful cinematic experience. Which is not to say that this ploddingly plotted effort is good, but for sheer… Read More »

Tagged With: ALIEN, ethics, Marvel Universe, MCU, pangolin tail, San Francisco, science experiments, Stan Lee, symbiote, symbiotic relationship, Tater Tots

PASSENGERS

December 27, 2016 By 1 Comment

PASSENGERS

PASSENGERS is a long, increasingly preposterous slog whose most tantalizing element is the question of why Jennifer Lawrence looks so very much like a young Renee Zellweger in some shots.  Has there always been such a striking resemblance, or is it that this film is so tedious and predictable that one has the time to… Read More »

Tagged With: android, colonization, ethics, flavored coffee, robots, romance, spaceflight, star ship, suspended animation, zero gravity

EQUITY — Meera Menon, Sarah Megan Thomas, and Alysia Reiner Interview

August 3, 2016 By Leave a Comment

EQUITY — Meera Menon, Sarah Megan Thomas, and Alysia Reiner Interview

Gender equity is the inevitable topic of conversation when talking about EQUITY, a sharply observed and uncompromising examination of women on Wall Street in the 2010s. And so it was on July 15, 2016 when I talked with director Meera Menon, and co-stars/co-producers Alysia Reiner and Sarah Megan Thomas, who is also one of the… Read More »

Tagged With: affordable child care, ambition, chocolate chip cookies, ethics, Gender equality, investment banking, Mount Rainier, mountain climbing, photo rights, sexism, smiling, Wall Street

Gavin Hood on EYE IN THE SKY

March 15, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Gavin Hood on EYE IN THE SKY

Gavin Hood not only directed EYE IN THE SKY, the erstwhile actor also took a small role as a military officer overseeing drone pilots. It was one of the things we didn’t have time to talk about on March 2, 2016 when we sat down to discuss his brilliant new film that respects its audience,… Read More »

Tagged With: collateral damage, drone pilots, Drone strike, drone surveillance, drone warfare, ethics, high value target, Horn of Africa, Kenya, propaganda, PTSD, Somalia, terrorist attack, war on terror

Parker Posey Ponders IRRATIONAL MAN

July 19, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Parker Posey Ponders IRRATIONAL MAN

How is it possible that this is the first time Parker Posey has worked with Woody Allen?  It’s a question for the ages, but the answer to how they finally collaborated came about in a way perfectly suited to the metaphysical questions posed by their film, IRRATIONAL MAN. In it, Allen ponders whether or not… Read More »

Tagged With: ADR, casting director, ethics, Geraldine Page, Hal Hartley, INTERIORS, IRRATIONAL MAN, Joaquin Phoenix, Krakow Film Festival, narrative, Parker Posey, philosophy, randomness, synchronicity, Woody Allen

A Philosophical IRRATIONAL MAN

July 19, 2015 By 1 Comment

A Philosophical IRRATIONAL MAN

Some of Woody Allen’s best films deal with the problem of absolute ethics in a world that is full of moral ambiguity. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS beings the epitome of his musings on the subject, with lesser, but no less satisfying efforts such as MATCH POINT continuing the dialogue. In IRRATIONAL MAN, Allen has crafted another… Read More »

Tagged With: Emma Stone, ethics, Geraldine Page, Hal Hartley, IRRATIONAL MAN, Joaquin Phoenix, narrative, Nietzsche, Parker Posey, philosophy, randomness, synchronicity, Woody Allen

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR Is A Most Excellent Film

January 11, 2015 By Leave a Comment

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR Is A Most Excellent Film

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR begins, appropriately enough, with its protagonist, Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) running.  Though this is merely jogging through the snowy landscape of 1981 New York, he will spend the rest of the film running more purposefully either literally, figuratively, or both, as he scrambles to overcome fate and the fickleness of human… Read More »

Tagged With: 1981, action, Albert Brooks, cinema, David Oyelowo, ethics, heating oil, Jessical Chastain, Machiavelli, movie, mystery, narrative, Oscar Isaac, thriller

EMPIRE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

EMPIRE

EMPIRE is a nitty, gritty look at life on the mean streets of the wrong part of New York. Its message, crime doesn’’t pay, isn’’t a new one, but any film that proffers a moral compass is one worth paying attention to. Also worth paying attention to is co-producer John Leguizamo’’s performance as Victor Rosa,… Read More »

Tagged With: class boundaries, crime, drama, drugs, drugs crime urban wall street, EMPIRE, ethics, John Leguizamo, melting pot, narrative, South Bronx, street crime, thriller, urban, Wall Street

MATCH POINT

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

MATCH POINT

Chris (Johnathan Rhys-Meyers), the focus of Woody Allen’s MATCH POINT is an existential man in the proper Sartrian mold making his way in a world, he will learn, that is ruled by the short of absurdist chaos favored by Jean-Paul’s arch-rival, Camus. So much for free will, bad faith, and making one’s own luck. Forget… Read More »

Tagged With: country house, ethics, London, murder, tennis

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