Monthly Archives: February 2012 »
Criterion Collection: Three Outlaw Samurai | Blu-ray Review
Three Outlaw Samurai, newly available on a gorgeous blu-ray disc from Criterion, is a rousing action adventure from 1964. Directed by Hideo Gosha, a talented cinematic storyteller who earned his stripes in the pressure
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Criterion Collection: La Jetee and Sans Soleil | Blu-ray Review
Little defense is needed for these two works by Chris Marker. While neither the first nor last films that he made, La Jetée (1962) and Sans Soleil (1983) effectively bookend Marker’s ‘major’ period, in
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I Am Not A Hipster | Review
Guitars and Ash At Odds With The World Writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton follows up his award winning short, Short Term 12, with a personal reflection on the San Diego indie scene through the eyes
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Grabbers | Review
Don’t Snatch This Mixed Bag Irish director Jon Wright seems content spoon feeding audiences with derivative genre efforts, or at least one could surmise after his sophomore feature, Grabbers is bestowed upon audiences. Wright’s
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John Dies at the End | Review
If Only Everyone Else Did, Too If you’re seeking shamefacedly cheesy special effects, a lobotomized H.P. Lovecraft inspired tale, and mortifyingly bad performances, then look no further than cult master Don Coscarelli’s latest film,
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Shadow Dancer | Review
Perpetually Intense, Somewhat Monotonous IRA Thrills Hot off the heals of his masterful documentary Project Nim, James Marsh presents a simmering thriller of political revenge with Shadow Dancer, a story of one family’s decent
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Black Rock | Review
No Picnic At This Rock For a long time now there’s been a problem with the output of horror films made in America. Let’s face it, the French are currently the masters of the
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ME at the ZOO | Review
Leave Chris Crocker Alone, or Don’t You’re first introduction to the self documented web star, Chris Crocker, may very well be the now infamous “Leave Britney Alone!” video in which he defended Ms. Spears
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"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."
