Tag: Film
Flick v. Metzler 1999: Election Review
A presidential race between a popular yet unqualified male against a more driven and overqualified female? Hmmm..sounds a lot like the 2016 Presidential race. However,…
Short Film Review: Not(e) for a Dreamer
Whilst watching Not(e) for a Dreamer I was reminded of a certain quote, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “ Youth comes but once in a lifetime.” Indeed…
True Crime is for People Who Care About Clint Eastwood, Oakland, or the Death Penalty – No One Else
By Andy Kamenetzky and Daniel Smith-Rowsey In True Crime, Clint Eastwood plays Steve Everett, a recently recovering alcoholic, a cuckolder and womanizer, and a nearly…
The Woman of your Nightmares: Is Audition about Misogyny or is about Misandry?
“A truly shocking horror film about obsession gone evil, “Audition” is made even more disturbing by its haunting beauty.” Ken Eisner, Variety Miike Takashi is a…
The Sensitive, Innocent, Mysterious, Troubled, Lonely and…. Talented Mr. Ripley
The entire seduction takes us in and ultimately makes us, the audience, accessories to the crimes of a likeable, lonely and extremely troubled young man. And we guiltily enjoy every minute of it.
Documentary Review – SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
With a name like Mick Rock, you would have been more surprised if he hadn’t pursued a life of Rock N’ Roll. SHOT! Is an odyssey…
David Lynch Tells a Beautiful "Straight Story" Before, and Beyond, the Red State – Blue State Divide
by Andy Kamenetzky and Daniel Smith-Rowsey In The Straight Story, septuagenarian Alvin Straight drives a lawn mower 240 miles through the heartland to reconcile with…
Filmotomy Podcast Episode 22: The Film Year 1999 – A Kubrick Odyssey
In this podcast we delve into our new series ‘Rewind‘, and the year is 1999. Al returns to host, and is joined by Rob, Jonathan,…
Documentary Review – David Lynch: The Art Life
David Lynch is a larger than life film director and artist who has over the years brought us such surreal delights as Eraserhead (1977), Twin Peaks…
Documentary Review – The Karma Killings
India and the rest of the world were left shaken in 2006, when a pair of serial killers were caught after killing 19 children, what made…
Documentary Review – Mommy Dead and Dearest
A mother is supposed to take care of their child through any sickness, and on the surface this seemed to be the case with mother Dee…
Documentary Review – Dawson City: Frozen Time
There’s a high chance that you haven’t heard of Dawson City, a small town in Yukon, Canada, with a population of 1,375, but for a brief…
Review: The Night I Swam
Children have a habit of getting into mischief, and certainly the child protagonist of Takara, la nuit où j’ai nagé (The Night I Swam) is a…
Martin Scorsese: Ranking His Feature Films
Let’s get on with the Scorsese business in hand. The votes are in, the poll is now closed. Here we will now run down the…
