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KNIVES OUT

November 28, 2019 By Leave a Comment

KNIVES OUT

KNIVES OUT takes a brisk pace with its cinematic legerdemain as its cast expertly calibrate their performances so that arch never strays into the certain disaster of becoming artificial. The result is a giddily entertaining, emotionally engaging film that sets a new standard for its genre, and, if there is any justice, will launch the Benoit Blanc franchise.

Tagged With: class system, gentleman detective, immigration, mystery, whodunit

A SIMPLE FAVOR

September 15, 2018 By Leave a Comment

A SIMPLE FAVOR

With A SIMPLE FAVOR, Paul Feig takes a very dark turn into neo-noir by way of a deliciously wicked social satire.  There’s nary a hard-boiled detective in sight, but at the center of the film’s mystery, there is an enigmatic femme fatale to rival any from the golden age of that genre. The humor, courtesy… Read More »

Tagged With: disappearance, Mommy Culture, mystery, suburbia, Vlog

A FANTASTIC WOMAN — Daniela Vega and Sebastián Lelio Interview

February 15, 2018 By 1 Comment

A FANTASTIC WOMAN — Daniela Vega and Sebastián Lelio Interview

Click here to listen to the interview. When I spoke with Chile’s Sebastián Lelio and Daniela Vega for the Oscar-nominated A FANTASTIC WOMAN on January 9th, 2018, I started with the obvious question, why a film with a transgender protagonist, and why Daniela, who started the project as a consultant before becoming its star. We… Read More »

Tagged With: Chilean cinema, cis-gender, discrimination, drama, love story, magical realism, music, mystery, prejudice, transgender

THE COMMUTER

January 11, 2018 By Leave a Comment

THE COMMUTER

It’s all about what you want from a Liam Neeson action flick. That and managing expectations. Will it be great art?  Probably not. Will it be fun?  Maybe.  In this case, it is. In THE COMMUTER, Neeson is an ordinary ex-cop turned insurance salesman named Mike, living paycheck to paycheck with his beloved wife (Elizabeth… Read More »

Tagged With: blackmail, firing, mystery, train crash

LOVING VINCENT

October 22, 2017 By 1 Comment

LOVING VINCENT

The subjects of Vincent Van Gogh’s masterpieces come to startling, vivid, and enchanting life in LOVING VINCENT, a film of enormous beauty and sharp insight. Created by rotoscoping actors, and then painting each animation cell by hand in oils, the result is an immersive experience of how the artist saw the world while also questioning… Read More »

Tagged With: Armand Roulin, Auvers-sure-Oise, Dr. Gachet, hand-painted animation, mystery, oil painting, suicide, Theo Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh

THE VOID

April 7, 2017 By Leave a Comment

THE VOID

THE VOID is a beautifully executed horror film that pays homage to the genre’s roots while carving out its own enigmatically creepy mythos.  Playing on such familiar tropes as the deserted farmhouse, the dark basement, and an axe swung with abandon, it takes place over the course of one night in a soon-to-be abandoned hospital… Read More »

Tagged With: cult, horror, hospital, mystery, suspense, tentacles

FARE — Thomas Torrey Interview

March 1, 2017 By Leave a Comment

FARE — Thomas Torrey Interview

The first thing I asked Thomas Torrey when I spoke with him by phone on February 23, 2017, was whether shooting his film, FARE, in three days, and entirely within a car, was necessity or personal challenge. Once that was out of the way, we went on to talk about the odd sort of intimacy… Read More »

Tagged With: agnostic, C. S. Lewis, cinematography, coincidence, infidelity, Kunal Rajan, Madeleine L’Engle, moon roof, mystery, R.C. Walker, ride-share, sound design, suspense, The Screwtape Letters, theology, Wormwood

AS YOU ARE — Miles Joris-Peyrafitte Interview

February 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment

AS YOU ARE — Miles Joris-Peyrafitte  Interview

Mile Joris-Peyrafitte was only 23 when he made AS YOU ARE, and that was the first thing I brought up when we spoke by phone on February 22, 2017.  This deeply affecting story, about three high school friends, two young men and a young woman, confronting volatile and confusing situations has a visual assurance and… Read More »

Tagged With: domestic violence, fluid sexuality, guns, high school, LGBTQ, mystery, spin the bottle

THE HANDMAIDEN (Ah-ga-ss)

November 1, 2016 By 1 Comment

THE HANDMAIDEN (Ah-ga-ss)

Based on Sarah Water’s novel Fingersmith, Chan-Wook Park’s THE HANDMAIDEN hornswaggles its audience with its opening scenes, and then continues on for its running time to continually confound, shock, and gratify that same audience. Told in four separate chapters that each covers roughly the same action, reality becomes a series of preconceived notions that are… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, Fingersmith, Japanese occupation of Korea, Korea, mystery, Sarah Waters

THE ONES BELOW

May 21, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THE ONES BELOW

There is definitely someone going crazy in THE ONES BELOW, and the wonderful thing about this astringent tale of mystery and suspense is that we have few doubts about who it is. The key word is few. Two couples who have layers, which may or may not be camouflage, experience tragedy, resentment, joy, and childbirth,… Read More »

Tagged With: baby, childbirth, mystery, neighbors, shared living space, shoes, suspense

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