Interstellar, or The Schizophrenia of Christopher Nolan
Interstellar will whip you back and forth between “That’s kind of neato” and “What the–? This is absurd,” so often you won’t know what to think. Maybe that’s the plan.
Category Archives: Active Observation
Force Majeure Is Beyond Your Control
Force Majeure is Gone Girl for grownups. It is probably the film you will most regret not seeing this year.
Out of Print: The New Beverly Documentary And The Marchese / Tarantino Kerfuffle
On the new documentary about the New Beverly Cinema, and the drama surrounding its director.
Citizenfour: Edward Snowden, as It Happens
When Laura Poitras, after receiving encrypted emails from Snowden, came to meet him in Hong Kong with her camera, she did us all an immense favor.
Stretch Will Not Deliver You Into ’80s Throwback Bliss
Yearning for the days of madcap, meaningless comedies from your misspent youth? So is director Joe Carnahan.
I’m Spartacus And So’s My Wife!
In which the movie Kubrick disowned is considered in all its Hollywood CinemaScope epic glory.
Christopher Columbus – The Discovery: A Fascinating Shipwreck Nobody Wanted To See
These filmsmade an unfortunate discovery of their own. Audiences did not want to see one Columbus movie, let alone two.
Nick Cave: 20,000 Days On Earth In 5,700 Seconds
A weird and compelling documentary that isn’t a documentary about a weird and compelling man.
The Green Prince; The Great Price
One half of this film is about the life of Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a Hamas leader, betrayer of his people, inside-out savior assailant.
Pink Flamingos Shows Off Its Junk
Pink Flamingos is filthy in its conception and it is filthy in its actualization. It is the largest freak flag you can find flying.
The Missouri Breaks Isn’t All Broken
A lackadaisical western in which Marlon Brando is loopier than a flock of curlicues.
Let’s Get Utterly Alien: Annihilation, Stalker, and Solaris
There have been all too few films that have addressed the utterly alien in a way that’s even vaguely adequate.
Kevin Smith Hates Movies
But he keeps on making them, and when critics savage them, claims he’s not a director. Go figure.
Art and Craft Boldly Forges Ahead
Landis, like a cross between James Carville and unspooled gauze, could not be more fascinating or authentic.