Tag: Cinema
100 Performances Oscars Forgot – 1/20
RE-POST As we get sucked into the awards season vacuum again, I grabbed hold of a few of my like-minded film-freaks (follow them on Twitter…
Film Honors: 1963
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Genre Blast: Period Films – It’s All in the Detail
To qualify, the creation must be of another time and place, always in the past (otherwise we’re heading into invalidated sci-fi territory), and do what films are supposed to do; that is, pluck us from our known reality and drop us into a detailed foreign era to experience life as it once was lived.
Darren Aronofsky's Mother! Proves To Polarize With Its Ambiguity
So many things to say about Darren Aronofsky’s new film, Mother!. First, I want to express that I really liked it. It’s scary, intense, emotional,…
Podcast: Where Roommates Predict The Emmys And Review IT
The world of film takes a backseat for part of this podcast as roommates Al Robinson and Julia Lee Bertram give us their take on…
Film Honors: 1999
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Film Honors: 1998
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
'I'm Not Ashamed' Review: Pandering For Jesus (And Columbine)
On April 20, 1999, two high school seniors, Eric Harris and Dyland Klebold, opened fire on the grounds of Columbine High School, killing twelve students…
Woo L.A. Podcast # 8 – Goodbye Summer Cinema, Hello Fall Films
I sit out podcast number 8 with prior film-related engagements – and looks like I missed a 3 hour epic. The line-up itself is impressive,…
Why It Is Important To Have A Femme Filmmakers Festival
I recently began writing my first screenplay. My story, which centers on a male protagonist, is not only something I love to tell, but I’ve…
Young Filmmaker Sofija Sztepanov Talks Personal Experiences, Short Films, And Tinder
Talented 24 year-old filmmaker Sofija Sztepanov appears to have a humble yet dynamic perspective on her corner of the film world. There is also an…
Watch: Margaret Tait’s 4 Minutes Of A Portrait of Ga
This four-minute portrait of the filmmaker’s mother combines the texture of 1970s-color-saturated found footage with an oddly avant-garde structure. The editing rhythms are distinctly recognizable…
Directors’ Weekend Catch-Up: The Beguiled
Sofia Coppola’s latest feature, The Beguiled, carries the theme of loneliness, which was present in her previous work like The Virgin Suicides and Lost In…
Welcome to The Bling Ring Generation
Originally published over at On The Screen Reviews Before Hollywood discovered the benefit of locking their doors when leaving town, a group of gutsy, celebrity-obsessed…
