Category: movie recommendation
KING OF THE HILL (1993) King of the Hill is probably the least-discussed entry in Steven Soderbergh’s filmography. That doesn’t mean it’s a lesser work, though. Perhaps its diminished presence in the culture is due to its lack of a...
MAYOR OF THE SUNSET STRIP (2003) If you’ve ever been stuck driving around Los Angeles at one o’clock on a late Sunday-into-Monday, you’ve probably heard Rodney Bingenheimer. Not exactly primetime, but for two hours per week you can still hear...
THE BLIND SWORDSMAN: ZATOICHI (2003) Apparently, the word “reboot” doesn’t only get used in and around Hollywood. In Japan, between 1962 and 1989, there were 26 films made about a blind swordsman named Zatoichi who traveled from town to town,...
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS (2003) Bright Young Things is a terribly fun film to watch. It should be, having been written and directed by the terribly funny British comedian/actor Stephen Fry (why this remains his only directorial effort I cannot grasp)...
THE BLUE KITE (1993) The word “brave” is thrown around a bit haphazardly when talking about films, usually when talking about an actress who has decided to appear without makeup or some such thing. But if you’re a filmmaker living...
I LOVE YOU, PHILLIP MORRIS (2010) There’s something that goes haywire in the brains of big screen comedians at about year six of superstardom. Having already proven themselves within the ghettoized realm of film comedy, they suddenly want to prove...
RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (2002) I had a teacher in film school who often stated that there was nothing to be said in cinema that couldn’t be said in genre cinema. I don’t know that that’s entirely true but I do know...
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962) The idea of being trapped with a monster is nothing new. Movies like Alien, Night of the Living Dead, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre explore the seemingly hopeless reality of needing to escape and having nowhere...
OVERNIGHT (2003) Referring to the movie business as an “industry” calls to mind things like factories and assembly lines. In many ways, this comparison holds up and studios are indeed run like factories. But you’d have to imagine a factory...
PETER PAN (2003) Many of us look back on our childhoods and wish that we could go back there; back to a time of innocence and happiness. But, of course, we know we can’t. The past’s unattainability is what makes...
