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Wild Flowers is based on seven stories, but the first one is over within five minutes of the beginning. A woman dies in a thunderstorm and is buried. Her small children, with their prayers at her grave, summon her spirit from beneath the soil in the form of beautiful...
“Dreamcatcher,” the book by Stephen King, derived much of the horror of its alien invasion by letting it be the backdrop to the story of four living, breathing, three-dimensional characters who would have been interesting for over 800 pages even without shit-weasels and plagues of red alien fungus. Dreamcatcher,...
Last week I confessed that I had no knowledge of Bollywood films or conventions, and thus had difficulty reviewing the self-explanatory Bollywood/Hollywood. This week I have no trouble reviewing the authentic Bollywood musical Devdas, and must confess that I may have found a new cinematic obsession. If there were...
I can’t in good conscience rate The Raspberry Reich any higher than this, because it’s a terrible, terrible movie. Then again, it’s not really a movie, it’s a porno. Not only that, it’s a terrorism-themed gay porno, populated by left-wing extremists who say things like “Heterosexuality is the opiate...
Synopsis: This head-turner, which premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival’s Director’s Fortnight, provides an intriguing counterpoint to today’s bland, fantasy-driven version of sex in the cinema, presenting every type of coupling known to man, woman, or dog, performed in virtually every combination you can imagine. A beautifully restored...
Synopsis: Helmed by world-renowned anime directors, The Animatrix is a collection of nine original short films conceived by the Wachowski Brothers, the creators of The Matrix. This spectacularly visual series delves deeper into the mind-bending world of The Matrix and the characters that inhabit it, resulting in an unprecedented...
Best of 2009 Where The Wild Things Are A Single Man Watchmen District 9 Inglourious Basterds An Education Moon Avatar Up in the Air Observe and Report Moon Worst of 2009 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Easy Virtue Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail Obsessed The Informers Missed...
“Over the last couple of decades, filmmakers have allowed themselves to become a bit embarrassed by science fiction’s philosophical side… We’ve allowed ourselves to be convinced that science fiction should be frivolous, for teenage boys… I think that’s ridiculous.” So says Duncan Jones, director of Moon, a captivating and...
1. 88 Minutes. I’ve seen a lot of bad thrillers, and I’ve loved a lot of bad thrillers… but I have never loved a bad thriller as much as I love 88 Minutes. It’s hilarious from start to finish, from the moment Al Pacino’s raggedy wig is introduced, to...
Farewell, Toronto. I know we’ve only gone out twice, but I’m pretty sure I’m falling in love with you. I’d really like it if we could go steady. So, you know, if you could talk to your government about granting me instant citizenship, that would be pretty cool. Thanks....
Today marks mine and Dan’s final day of TIFFing for 2008. We’re heading back to LA tomorrow morning, and saw only one film this afternoon: The Dungeon Masters (6/8), a documentary about the everyday lives of “Dungeons & Dragons” gamers. It was, first of all, an INCREDIBLY good-looking movie,...
I have so much to tell you about, I don’t even know where to begin. I guess I could start by saying our first movie was called Uncertainty (1/8), and it left me uncertain whether to flee the theater or throw stuff at the screen. I also felt uncertain...
