Many years ago, I interviewed Darren Aronofsky for his maiden effort, PI (a terrific film that should be on everyone’s watchlist). In the course of our conversation about the nexus of Kabbalah and computing, he opined that, as in PI, he wanted to populate his films with, in his words, tough Jews. There are certainly… Read More »
FATALE
FATALE is a densely plotted and devilishly twisted erotic fantasy of a noir. Filmed with self-conscious style, it offers a variation on FATAL ATTRACTION that is not without merit, yet with a bemused view of womanhood that gives one pause. We are firmly ensconced in the, admittedly noir Madonna/whore paradigm here, but making a woman… Read More »