Tuesday, September 27 2011
Just Another Pretty Woman: The Who’s Who of Hookers in Film
How did playing a prostitute or stripper become de rigeur for Hollywood actresses?
Friday, March 21 2008
Jean-Luc Godard: 3-Disc Collector’s Edition
For all of pretense surrounding these films and their attempts to grapple with "big ideas", they are, ultimately, experiences that one must live through; they demand viewing and listening.
Wednesday, August 1 2007
The Comedy of Power
Chabrol is often labeled the French Hitchcock for his fascination with intrigue, the criminal mind, moral compromise, and guilt.
Thursday, July 12 2007
Violette Nozière (1978)
Violette, a classic French thriller that compels right at the ultra-noir first moment.
Thursday, March 8 2007
La Vie Promise (2002)
Despite Huppert’s commendable performance this film sinks under the weight of derivative characters, contrived and overly convenient plot points, and simplistic themes.
Wednesday, March 23 2005
I Heart Huckabees: 2-Disc Special Edition (2004)
The Special Edition is loaded with so much self-referential material and 'oh so clever' concepts that they threaten to make the movie into its own cult object.
Monday, February 28 2005
I Heart Huckabees: 2-Disc Special Edition (2004)
As hard as he tries, Albert can't quite keep up with the Jaffes' questions, let alone their answers.
Monday, February 7 2005
Time of the Wolf (Le Temps du loup) (2002)
In Michael Haneke's version of the end of the world, things are different.
Friday, October 1 2004
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Albert is again faced with basic questions: Are we really 'all connected'? How can 'everything be the same even if it's different'?"
Thursday, July 15 2004
Time of the Wolf (2003)
In Time of the Wolf, a family vacationing in the French countryside is split apart by shocking violence and faced with unspeakable horrors.
