Tag: Movies
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…
Review: Suntan
Argyris Papadimitropoulos is an okay director, nothing spectacular, we knew that already. Makis Papadimitriou already proved himself in the recent Chevalier so I wasn’t too…
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…
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….
Interview: Deborah Kampmeier
I recently got the opportunity to Skype with renowned filmmaker Deborah Kampmeier so I could grill her about her filmmaking inspirations and her views on female directors…
Emma Watson Can't Be A Feminist And Have Boobs
It was incomprehensible how much weight Emma Watson put upon her slender shoulders when she embarked on the inspirational United Nations speech in 2014. I…
Woo L.A. Podcast – Live Not At The Oscars
Hey everyone, Robin, Joel, Ryan, and I enjoyed doing the special podcast so much that we wanted to do another one during the Oscars. We…
Review: I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
You might recognize Macon Blair from Gold, Green Room, and as the lead in Blue Ruin, but with this new Netflix release, I Don’t Feel…
