Friday, January 16 2009
The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008
Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.
Thursday, May 15 2008
The Fall
The story Roy tells reflects both their desires, revealed throughout The Fall in brilliantly colored images.
Thursday, April 10 2008
Chaos
This film's attempts at clever misdirection are by the book and glaringly obvious. There is nothing remotely "chaotic" about anything that happens.
Monday, June 2 2003
Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1998)
Call it destiny or bad luck: things don't work out for Tess.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Dracula 2000 / Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - PopMatters Film Review )
Frankly, it doesn't seem coincidental that these films are being released around the holidays; certainly Dracula's bloodsucking lust appeals on some level to our own holiday consumer frenzies.
