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 [...]
A SINGLE MAN (2009) a gem in Oscar Season
Dir. Tom Ford
Angelika (New York, NY), 12/22/09, 7:15pm
A Single Man is a surprisingly sweet and touching film. It has been collecting quite a bit of buzz lately, especially for the performance by British tough-guy Colin Firth, and my expectations were quite low when I sat down at New York City’s renowned Angelika Cinema. [...]
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 [...]
