The Supreme Being’s Top 10 Films of 2013
In which the Supreme Being and the other Supreme Being discuss the finest cinema had to offer in 2013.
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Mind Control Double Feature #75: In Which Jack Nicholson Tries To Lose Himself
Who would you be if you could be someone else?
On The Low-Key Magnificence That Is Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis, in which Joel and Ethan Coen go dark and plotless for their look at a struggling New York folk singer in ’61, is their best movie since Barton Fink.
In Which I Watch My First Bresson Film, A Man Escaped
Heathen that I am, I’d never seen any of Robert Bresson’s movies until, oh, just now, or thereabouts, when I watched A Man Escaped, his fourth feature, from ‘56. Bresson […]
American Hustle: This Year’s Argo?
And I mean that in the worst way possible.
Mind Control Double Feature #73: There’s No Escaping The Past
“What’s past is prologue,” wrote that clever chap Shakespeare. “Study the past, if you would divine the future,” wrote that thoughtful fellow Confucius.
Indie Round-Up: Computer Chess, Crystal Fairy, Frances Ha
Wherein various items arise for discussion, not least of which are the three indie movies named above.
On Nebraska, Only God Forgives, And Catching Fire: Movies As Empty Types
Three movies full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Best Of Bay Area Film – December 2013
What movies of interest are coming your way this month, you lovely Bay Area folks? Come on inside and we’ll fill you in.
Mind Control Double Feature #71: Let’s Get Nostalgic For High School Nostalgia
In which we go back 40 years to the ‘70s to remember the ‘60s, then ahead 20 years to the ‘90s to remember the ‘70s.
In Which I Heap Contempt On Godard’s Contempt
Let’s have a nice, friendly chat about Godard and his most beloved movie, Contempt.
Walker, Alex Cox, And The Stupid Bastards of The Late ‘80s
Walker, Alex Cox’s 1987 sort-of-but-not-really biopic about William Walker, an American who in the 1850s became President of Nicaragua, is a very weird movie.
The Haunting Is A Very Silly Movie
Martin Scorsese calls Robert Wise’s ’63 haunted house movie, The Haunting, the scariest movie of all time. Though it didn’t make too big a splash when it came out, it’s […]
Purple Rain, And The Shame of Movies Never Seen
“That ain’t Lake Minnetonka.”