Tag: Cinema

When the movie Toni Erdmann entered our lives last May we assumed without agenda this was about a father’s relationship with his (grown-up) daughter. Which…

  “I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be.”  In her sophomore smash hit, Sofia Coppola introduces us to a familiar world within the realms…

A majority of us have never effectively played more than two or three sports and likely never go out of our way to watch them…

Let me quickly say before you scroll off into the ranked David Fincher wilderness, the top five as the final results were counted was so,…

Thanks to those involved in voting for the Directors’ Weekend poll. Clearly, the realm established by filmmaker David Fincher has certainly created a huge fanbase…

Here we are once again. I literally salivate at the mouth at the prospect of spending hours and hours in a darkened room with all…

Off the bat, the following barrage of videos centering around the elusive career of David Fincher, were not to difficult to track down. However, they…

For this exercise, I’m choosing films where the tone, pace and look are intended to enhance the spirit to the person being portrayed. They have the feel of a time or place as well as convey the essence the subject, be it crazy, pathetic, heroic, or creative. Based on artistic merit of the film and NOT the person portrayed –or doing the portraying, although most of these performances are career highs – here are ten biopics worthy of acclaim. Five for him and five for her. And filmmakers – please take a chance and give us another classic biopic of a woman. 1928 was oh-so-long ago. And make certain a woman will direct it, as well. Thanks

To put it simply, David Fincher is my all-time favorite movie director. I like how stylish his movies are, and how much detail he puts…

There are, however you look at it, 10 examples of David Fincher‘s cinematic flair in those movies of his – even his underwhelming debut showed…

This edition we get the kind folk at Variety to explain MoviePass to us, a bit of motivation from the Head Sprite, a loving piece…

So with exactly 10 feature film credits to his name (it feels like more, right?), we have our David Fincher top 10. But let’s not…

The curtain has fallen on NZIFF’s Christchurch leg for 2017, and it has been a remarkable Festival. Every year, NZIFF goes above and beyond to…

After a satisfyingly diverse NZIFF for 2017, all eyes were on the Closing Night film, Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning satire The Square. Not only…