Not Women’s Lib, but Women’s Libido in THE RUNAWAYS (2010)
Dir. Floria Sigismondi
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 4/3/10, 4:50pm
A genre film is a genre film is a genre film. The Runaways, directed by newcomer Floria Sigismondi, is no exception. The film is the most recent entry in the musician-biopic genre, a cycle that has included such remarkable films as Ray, Walk Hard: The Dewey [...]
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done With Your Seventh Seal?
Hey, did you know the Criterion DVD for Bergman’s The Seventh Seal was so similar to the poster for Herzog’s latest film?
Weird. Maybe there’s an original image I’m not aware of that both of these are playing off?
MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE (2009) proves that two head cases are better than one
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 [...]