The Most Important Top 10 of 2013
Yes, you might have recently seen lists that encapsulate the best films of 2013, or the most fascinating ones, or the 10 most frequently quoted bits of Ned Beatty dialogue, […]
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Best of Bay Area Film — January 2014
How many films have you seen in 2014 so far? What? None!?
The Wolf of Wall Street: Weekend at Bernie Madoff’s
What we’re discussing here, during the Oscar crush, is the cinematic equivalent of gout.
Four Films by Norman Jewison
Norman Jewison isn’t one of those directors whose name sets off a flurry of flashbulbs. He never won an Academy Award, or played golf with Richard Nixon (I’m assuming), or […]
Mind Control Double Feature #74: Elvis is Everywhere
In this, the last week before the son of the wrathful sky god blesses the desert tribes with slightly more UV and a cubic yard of now-useless wrapping paper, we rightfully turn our adulating gaze upon his, the holiest of forms. We bow our heads and briefly stop buying things to praise Elvis.
The Top 10 Most Fascinating Films of 2013
What were the 10 best films of 2013? Which 10 films were the worst? The loudest? The densest? The most likely to impregnate you with a litter of gerbils? These […]
American Hustle vs. American Gangster
Eat the damn thing, kid. It’s a good movie. Tastes like Serpico.
The Same Old Story: The Wolverine and Nebraska
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Or these two.
Mind Control Double Feature #72: Bechdel Test-iness
Women, right? Can’t live with ’em—so they say—unless you’re lucky, or you are one, or you live with, I dunno, a mother who loves you or something. You do have […]
Return of Netflix Queue & A
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes you pry your eyelids open with toothpicks. Last month’s Netflix queue viewing was a respectable mix of all three.
I Burn for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
I cannot tell a lie: I’ve not been a big proponent of The Hunger Games thus far.
Mind Control Double Feature #70: If It’s the Last Thing I Ever Do
You’re dying. In twenty years, or in six months, or on this coming Wednesday you’re going to die. Whichever it is; there’s no escape. So what are you doing with […]
Doctor Who, Indiana Jones, a Pornographer, and Rabbi Walk Into a Bar…
Who gets the banana daiquiri? Which one picks up the tab? Let’s ask the man who speaks for them all — including the recently revived eighth Doctor Who — in this exclusive interview.
Lisztomania Blitzophrenia Aphrodelia
If one takes things at face value, then Ken Russell’s 1975 film Lisztomania is about composer Franz Liszt. Regardless of how one takes things, however, the film is completely unhinged, unabashed, […]