Mar 18 2010
Dir. Tim Burton
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 3/14/10, 10:00pm
As Tim Burton’s new film starts, the camera whisks us through a Victorian landscape, scenery blushing with artistic flourishes, costuming brilliant and gorgeous. The first five minutes features subdued dream sequences, subjective perspective, ambiguous characterizations. I sat in the theatre, my special, non-temporary AVTR 3-D [...]
Filed In: Reviews
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Anne Hathaway, Avatar, David Lynch, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Gus Van Sant, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Jarmusch, Johnny Depp, Lars Von Trier, Mia Wasikowska, Pedro Almodovar, Steven Soderbergh, Tim Burton
Mar 01 2010
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
Are there any actors/directors whose new films you will see regardless of any conditions?
Daniel
I [...]
Filed In: Assignments
Tags: 21 Jump Street, Alice in Wonderland, and Strange Wilderness, Anne Hathaway, Aziz Ansari, Becket, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, Body of Lies, Breaking and Entering, Brian De Palma, Brick, Bruno, Caligula, Carl Dreyer, Caveh Zahedi, Charlie Kaufman, Chloe Sevigny, Chris Eigeman, Christopher Guest, City of Ember, Coen Brothers, Craig Robinson, Danny Boyle, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Lynch, Deception, Drillbit Taylor, Eager to Die, Ethan Hawke, Frank Capra, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Horton Hears a Who!, It's a Wonderful Life, James Spader, Jared Hess, Jason Schwartzman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jim Jarmusch, Jimmy Stewart, Jody Hill, John Lasseter, John Waters, Johnny Depp, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Julianne Moore, Katharine Hepburn, Kevin Smith, Larry Charles, Lawrence of Arabia, Leonardo DiCaprio, Looper, Luke Wilson, Madagascar, Maid in Manhattan, Man of La Mancha, Mark Wahlberg, Mars Attacks!, Martin Scorsese, Max Payne, Michel Gondry, Michelle Williams, Miss March, My Favorite Year, Next, Nicole Kidman, Nine, Noah Baumbach, Owen Wilson, Panic Room, Paul Thomas Anderson, Pedro Almodovar, Peter O'Toole, Quentin Tarantino, Ratatouille, Rian Johnson, Richard Burton, Richard Linklater, Rob Zombie, Robert Bresson, Robert Englund, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sam Raimi, Scoop, Seth Rogen, Shadow of Fear, Spike Jonze, Spike Lee, State of Play, Steven Soderbergh, Sunshine, Supergirl: The Movie, The Brothers Bloom, The Jacket, The Lion in Winter, The Marc Pease Experience, The Rocker, The Ruling Class, Tim Burton, Troy, Venus, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Werner Herzog, Wes Anderson, What's New Pussycat?, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen, xXx: State of the Union, Zodiac
Jan 25 2010
Dir. Werner Herzog
Alamo South Lamar, 01/21/10, 12:00pm
Be still my beating heart, two Werner Herzog movies in a single year! I told Daniel, who wrote his review of this film several weeks ago, that I could imagine the scenario of how this film’s production was set into motion: David Lynch, after deciding to assign the [...]
Filed In: Reviews
Tags: Aguirre the Wrath of God, Bad Lieutenant, Brad Dourif, Chloe Sevigny, David Lynch, Grace Zabriskie, John Waters, Michael Shannon, My Son My Son What Have Ye Done, Werner Herzog, Willem Dafoe
Dec 24 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 [...]
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Tags: Antichrist, Bad Lieutenant, Big Love, Bresson, David Lynch, Fellini, Godard, Herzog, Observe and Report, Renoir, Twin Peaks, Willem Dafoe
