Tag: Film
Woo L.A. Podcast #4: A Late Best Of 2016 In Film
Welcome to the podcast number four. I am joined by the host Al (@AlRob_MN), his roomie Julia (@Reality_Diva1), and Joel (@JoeM_136) makes a swift return. We…
Film Honors: 2016
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…
Interview: Filmmaker Richard T. Wilson
I spoke to filmmaker Richard T. Wilson about his filmic influences, both as an audience member and behind the camera, before breaking bread over his…
Genre Blast: Make 'em Laugh
Genre Blast: Make ‘em Laugh Comedy comes in all colours, but what I’m considering here is not dry humor, tongue-in-cheek, or satire. I’m talking gut-busting,…
Genre Blast: War is Hell
Sometimes the genre is used as patriotic propaganda, sometimes to the opposite effect. Conflict drives all drama and nothing compares to the giant canvas provided…
Woo L.A. Podcast #3: Films From Birth
So we made it to the third podcast. This episode we talk about the upcoming aliens and baby Groot, before declaring our favorite films for…
Genre Blast: Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic Movies
(This series is a challenge for all film nerds. I call out the film genre and five favorites, and then you tell me what I…
Review: The Hollars
I could nitpick and find a trillion faults with this movie. The direction lacks any sort of inspiration, letting the viewer actually “feel” the passive…
Film Honors: 2004
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: The Salesman
Without it yet being an actual problem, watching this felt like Asghar Farhadi has become a bit too self-aware, dangerously close to falling into the…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #30
Long time no see Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, my once regular links recommendations of the movie world (and those that crash the party). This time around…
Genre Blast: Westerns
(This series is a challenge for all film nerds. I call out the film genre and five favorites, and then you tell me what I…
LACMA Review: Personal Shopper
In their second collaboration, Kristen Stewart and director Olivier Assayas go down a creepy American in Paris Gothic film road with Personal Shopper. I was…
Review And Q&A: Personal Shopper
Personal Shopper is an emotional story about loss, luxury labels, comfy pullovers, ghosts, scooters, ectoplasm, and contacting the other side. Something for everyone, en fait….
