Robin Williams; Laughing and Crying
And the fool replied, “I don’t know. I only knew that you were thirsty.”
Three and A Half Godzillas – Part 2: The Reviled 1998 Version
Watching the deservedly maligned 1998 Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin “reimagining” of Godzilla for a second time was not easy. I saw it in the theater when it opened and thought it was crap then. I was not alone.
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?
Harper, Archer, Marlowe, and Spade
Are we hardboiled or can you make us ache?
Three and A Half Godzillas – Part 1: The Original (With and Without Raymond Burr)
In which the original Godzilla and its Americanized Raymond Burr-ful recut version are considered.
Guardians of the Galaxy Raids Lost Ark, Melts Faces
At its core, Guardians of the Galaxy introduces us to a man who robs graves and happens upon an object of theological importance. That does not make it Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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.
The Kill Team, the Act of Killing, and Murder Most Foul
All the while, there behind him, within him, is the cold flint of war scraping relentlessly for a spark.
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 Blows Your Brain Like Bubblegum
It is not the scope of the filmmaking that makes Boyhood incredible. It is what that scope does to your brain.
The Zero Theorem: Everything Adds Up to Nothing
The Zero Theorem may be one of Gilliam’s lesser successes, but it’s built on something, towards something — and that’s clearly better than nothing.