Herzog is two for two with MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE (2009)
Dir. Werner Herzog
IFC Center (New York, NY), 12/20/09, 5:45pm
I went into this film pretty blind and I was so pleased. This is a magnificent film, and Herzog, after his magnificent The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans, is certainly on fire. Both pictures of his double-whammy are in the top films [...]
Plagued by the Past in 2009
I have been thinking about writing a blog post on the cinema year in review. I’d take about the general trends that the year brought, the highs, lows, surprises and upsets of the year. That kind of thing.
As part of that project, I have been thinking about consistent themes of the [...]
ANTICHRIST (2009)
Dir. Lars von Trier
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 11/19/09, 11:59pm
I tried my best to avoid learning too much about Antichrist before seeing it, and, aside from seeing the trailer and hearing about the reception at Cannes and a certain talking animal, I managed to go into this screening relatively unaware of what I was about to [...]
ANTICHRIST (2009)
Dir. Lars Von Trier
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 11/19/09, 11:59pm
My second viewing of this film was my first time in a theatre, and the beautiful imagery and well-engineered sound definitely came through better on this trip. The film has a lot of filler for such a great movie, and really the picture boils down to [...]
