Tag: Film
Genre Blast: Man, Nature & Wonder in the Wild
Most of us take our survival – even our mere presence on the planet we share – for granted, rarely considering it. We have programmed…
Review: White God
Kornél Mundruczó’s 2014 Cannes-winner, White God, has an interesting plot: After being ditched on the road, Hagen the Dog rallies together other street dogs to…
Film Honors: 1982
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…
Review: Small Crimes
A crime thriller with a heavy touch of swagger and style neatly describes the SXSW premiered Small Crimes, garnering a distribution on Netflix this year….
Genre Blast: Genre of the Philosophical; aka: Mindf**k Cinema
I’m not prefacing this batch with “not my preferred genre”, that’s for certain. It is my “go-to” genre when I have an appetite for pure,…
Film Honors: 1981
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…
Woo L.A. Podcast # 5 – Fast Furious Ghosts Do The Cannes-Cannes
I, Robin Write (@WriteoutofLA), take a bit of a backseat as Al Robinson (@AlRob_MN), Jonathan Holmes (@MisterBrown_23), and Joel Meléndez (@JoeM_136) chat about The Fate of the Furious, the…
Genre Blast: Bursting into Song – The Musical
Yes, they can be cloying, unrealistic and just plain tacky, but if they are handled with some inventiveness and originality, musicals can be transporting. No…
Film Honors: 1979
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…
Festival de Cannes 70: Meet The Jury
The following 9 chosen ones have until Sunday 28th May at the Closing Ceremony of the 70th Festival de Cannes to choose the prize winners…
Film Honors: 1978
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…
Review: Miss Stevens
Whether the flourishing Netflix platform for feature films has garnered a straight-to-video feel may be a matter of opinion, but a notion that warrants much…
Review: Frantz
The Good: Strong, unyielding performances were to be enjoyed by all – especially the ladies, and even more particular, Cyrielle Claire who graces our screens…
Genre Blast: All For Love – Romance on Film
We all love to be in love. It can make the world go ’round or bring life’s routines to a screeching halt. We hunger during the chase,…
