Doctor Who Series 8: Deep Breath…Sucks
In which the series 8 opener is found to be, sad to say, all too reminiscent of the mess that was series 7, despite the appearance of a promising new Doctor.
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At Sopranos End, Tony Lives! Also? He Dies. David Chase Weighs In. But Not Really.
David Chase, never left alone since he blacked out The Sopranos, says something, says something else, and is for the most part completely misunderstood.
On Klute, Pakula, and The Paranoia Of The ‘70s
In which thoughts on director Alan J. Pakula and cinematographer Gordon Willis’s paranoid ’70s trilogy are thunk.
The World According To Garp: Not What It Used To Be
A childhood favorite I should have left alone.
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul – A Weird Name For A Great Movie
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of the more colorful directors in movie history. To put it mildly. To put it another way, he was a madman.
Blue Ruin: A Man, A Car, And Lots of Dead People
The question Blue Ruin brought to mind was something nebulous about what makes a movie “good.” Because, on the one hand, Blue Ruin is in many ways a very good movie. On the other, it’s not really about anything other than being a good movie.
Memories Of Robin Williams
Robin Williams? I remember Robin Williams…
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Decalogue Is Some Damn Fine TV
A master director makes a brilliant TV show. And I’m not talking about Soderbergh and The Knick.
A Few Words On The Hit, And Director Stephen Frears
What the hell? There’s a movie starring Terrance Stamp, John Hurt, and Tim Roth released in ’84, called The Hit? How had I never heard of this before? Wait, Tim Roth? What was he, like 12 when he made this?
All That Heaven Allows – And Then Some
In which Douglas Sirk gets away with subversive, melodramatic murder. His victim: the ’50s.
All-Purpose Marvel Movie Review
Want to know about the latest Marvel movie? How about that one from two years ago? Or the one five years from now? We’ve got you covered.
Finding Fela: Or, More Exactly, Finding A Broadway Musical About Fela Kuti
Music so brilliant, a man so fascinating, maybe the next doc made about his life will be the good one.
A Most Wanted Man: In Which Philip Seymour Hoffman Comes To An End
A tightly wound, slow-burning spy flick, in which Philip Seymour Hoffman gives the kind of performance you wish like hell he was around to keep on giving.
Boyhood, In Which Time Is The Star
Richard Linklater gathers up time and turns it into a movie you’re going to have to see.