Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Les Visiteurs du Soir originally ran as a home video review. Given that Marcel Carné, along with screenwriter Jacques Prévert, pretty much perfected poetic realism, it...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Last Year at Marienbad originally ran as part of our top 100 movies list. Last Year at Marienbad is about two people whose relationship is incredibly complicated....
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Farmageddon originally ran as a home video review. No Virginia, Bruce Willis does NOT save a farm from an asteroid in this picture. A sort of...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Bay originally ran as a theatrical review. There’s something immensely satisfying about an old pro taking on a new trend and showing the newbies how...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Full Metal Jacket originally ran as part of Kyle Anderson’s Kubrick in Reverse series. Stanley Kubrick’s penultimate film, 1987’s Full Metal Jacket, was a realistic slice of...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of All That Heaven Allows originally ran as part of Aaron Pinkston’s series on the American 50s. I’m going to make a bold assumption that the average...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Apocalypse Now originally ran as part of our Top 100 movies list. The strange thing about war is that, even when you’re doing everything right, you’re...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Hammett originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Wim Wenders’ Hammett is a strange case. The very concoction seems off. Wenders had flirted with the noir territory with The American...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Visitor originally ran as as a theatrical review. Many movies are found in editing. Some, however, remain hopelessly lost. Guilio Paradisi’s (credited as Michael J....
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Distant Voices, Still Lives originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. When you ask someone about “British Cinema” they’ll likely imagine Victorian or Medieval Melodramas, Kitchen Sink...