Wednesday, March 25 2009
Part 3: The Sixth Sense to Fight Club (August - October 1999)
Films that have left a lasting impression on their creators (M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mendes, David Fincher) make up the majority of Part Three of our Films of 1999 overview.
Thursday, October 23 2008
Stuck
Stuck addresses the current state of society circa the new millennium, albeit in a rather gory fashion.
Friday, May 30 2008
Stuck
Quite happily politically incorrect, Stuck pins everyone, including viewers.
Friday, May 18 2007
Brooklyn Rules (2007)
Ah, the nostalgic mob drama. No matter the brutality, the blood, or the sheer fear that shape the memory, movies and TV tend to make life in the mob a growth experience.
Monday, February 19 2007
Factory Girl (2006)
Part breathless, part exhausted, the movie offers up a gossipy interpretation of Edie Sedgwick's life and death.
Tuesday, October 3 2006
Edmond (2005)
An excellent noir, or a tragicomedy, about the repressed beliefs in all of us.
Friday, August 25 2006
Edmond (2005)
Violence liberates Edmond from society's restraints, focuses him on fulfilling his own desires, makes him appealing to the opposite sex.
Tuesday, March 28 2006
Domino: New Line Platinum Series (2005)
Domino maps mythology, not as a means to heroic or sympathetic characters, and certainly not to narrative resolution.
Friday, October 14 2005
Domino (2005)
Imagine Mallory Knox as her own reality tv show star, less inclined to take up with the absolutely wrong man, and able to handle her mascara like a pro.
