THE GHOST WRITER (2010) will haunt you for days
Dir. Roman Polanski
Alamo South Lamar, 3/07/10, 12:30pm
In my review for Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist, I mentioned Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby and its strong influence on the Von Trier film. Now it’s time to refer to another Polanski masterpiece, Chinatown, with regard to another new classic, this time Polanski’s own latest effort The Ghost Writer. [...]
Ever made it with a chick in a trance before? Then you’ll love DELINQUENT SCHOOL GIRLS (1975)
Dir. Greg Corarito
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 2/24/10, 11:59pm
This week, we were lucky enough to experience one of the all-time great Weird Wednesday presentations. For those of you keeping track, our last trip to perfect exploitation was one month ago, the fabulous and madcap Lord Love a Duck. Well, ten years after that film, schlockmeisters [...]
In defense of SHUTTER ISLAND
After reading Michael’s very thoughtful review of Shutter Island, I feel the need to offer a rebuttal. Michael’s review, while repeatedly insisting that the film is a success, is on the whole quite negative. I say he sells the film short. I can’t let that stand because the film is, in fact, the best [...]
SHUTTER ISLAND (2010) a film not without its flaws
Dir. Martin Scorsese
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 2/19/2010, 10:10pm
Remember back to 1974. Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway stand toe to toe, stitched nose to button nose, in a sun drenched LA living room. Nicholson’s JJ Gittes has had enough, and he’s determined to slap the identity of a mysterious young blonde out of Ms. Dunaway’s Mrs. [...]
THE WOLFMAN (2010) is cursed, lycanthropically and cinematically
Dir. Joe Johnston
Alamo Ritz, 02/16/10, 7:20pm
When The Wolfman was first announced, I allowed my hopes to soar. As a big fan of Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which had been produced by Columbia Pictures and Coppola’s American Zoetrope, I was excited that Universal was going to stage an expensive tribute of its own [...]
