GREENBERG (2010) is the first masterpiece of the year
Dir. Noah Baumbach
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 2/19/10, 2:00pm
I am so glad to be able to write about a beautiful film. Most of the time I am mired in mediocrity, forced to view and write about rubbish or moderate achievements (i.e. Hot Tub Time Machine, The Crazies, Saint John of Las Vegas). Greenberg is [...]
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010) makes me yearn for Sex, Lies, and 3D glasses
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 [...]
