M3GAN (Gerard Johnstone, 2023)
Hi folks, just wanted to drop in and say hello. I haven't been seeing too many films lately, since I've...
2023-03-06 03:06:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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Women Talking (Sarah Polley, 2022)
I should mention right away that I have not read the Miriam Toews novel on which Women Talking...
2023-02-24 20:48:42 +0000 UTC View PostPerpetrator (Jennifer Reeder, 2023)
Jennifer Reeder's new film Perpetrator is getting very strong reviews since premiering at the ...
2023-02-22 04:22:52 +0000 UTC View PostPlayland (Georden West, 2023)
It's incredibly rare for first-time filmmakers to make great work their first time out. So as a general...
2023-02-20 03:45:39 +0000 UTC View PostA New Old Play (Qiu Jiongjiong, 2021)
Before trying to say anything halfway cogent about A New Old Play, I wanted to read 2023-02-17 03:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Escalated Horror
or, Notes on Two Prominent Art-Horror Flicks from 2022
Resurrection (Andrew Semans, 2022)...
2023-02-15 05:11:30 +0000 UTC View PostIt's That Time Again
As the deadline for the 2023 Skandies rapidly approaches, I have time to watch a couple more eligi...
2023-02-10 20:33:15 +0000 UTC View PostFull Time (Éric Gravel, 2021)
A quick glance at Letterboxd confirms it: "a Dardennes version of Run Lola Run" is the popular...
2023-02-10 19:23:41 +0000 UTC View PostWalk Up (Hong Sangsoo, 2022)
Walk Up is a slight change-up for Hong, whose structural conceits have generally been somewhat...
2023-02-07 05:29:53 +0000 UTC View PostMarx Can Wait (Marco Bellocchio, 2021)
Marx Can Wait is perhaps a bit of a detour in Bellocchio's career, since he hasn't made very m...
2023-02-05 04:39:18 +0000 UTC View PostAnd the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine (Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck, 2023)
The state-of-the-media doc Fantastic Machine left me in deep despair, but probably not for the...
2023-02-04 03:38:19 +0000 UTC View PostA Common Sequence (Mary Helena Clark and Mike Gibisser, 2023)
More so than in the past (I think -- I'd have to crunch the numbers), notable experimental filmmakers a...
2023-01-29 07:06:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe Love of a Woman (Jean Grémillon, 1953)
I watched Grémillon's The Love of a Woman without realizing it was his final film. So quite b...
2023-01-27 02:43:34 +0000 UTC View PostMaldone (Jean Grémillon, 1928)
So I decided to start (admittedly a bit late) on my Grémillon odyssey with an early silent, one with a...
2023-01-24 20:18:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy Mind Playing Tricks On Me
So a few weeks ago, I wrote about Through the Olive Trees, and as far as I was concerned it wa...
2023-01-24 04:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostGush (Fox Maxy, 2023)
Expanding on the layered, accelerated style she has developed in her shorter films, Fox Maxy arrives at...
2023-01-21 21:16:49 +0000 UTC View PostThis House (Miryam Charles, 2022)
There's a strange thing about "realism" that I've never quite understood. In many respects, the world w...
2023-01-21 21:03:30 +0000 UTC View PostAlcarràs (Carla Simón, 2022)
An underwhelming Golden Bear winner from a less-than-stellar competition, Alcarràs feels very...
2023-01-18 03:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA Sudden Influx of Awesomeness (updated)
I receive email notifications when someone new joins this Patreon. And I was confused today by a sudden...
2023-01-14 03:01:10 +0000 UTC View PostHead Scratchers
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 2022)
I w...
2023-01-13 07:04:28 +0000 UTC View PostFinal Bit of Year-End Cramming
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (Richard Linklater, 2022)
I turned this fil...
2023-01-10 03:39:21 +0000 UTC View PostPlease Stand By...
Well, well, well. In addition to getting a touch of flu, my dad has gone into the hospital. He has pneu...
2023-01-09 02:40:28 +0000 UTC View PostSong of Retrospection (Ryu Ho-son, 1986)
Okay, so I needed a little break from all the 2022 films I've been mainlining, an...
2023-01-06 04:44:15 +0000 UTC View PostSafe Place (Juraj Lerotić, 2022)
A brief note on a Croatian film that has flown a bit under the radar during the 2022 festival season. <...
2023-01-04 01:37:52 +0000 UTC View PostA Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991)
Considered by many to be Yang's masterpiece, A Brighter Summer Day certainly earns its four-ho...
2023-01-03 23:48:22 +0000 UTC View PostStill More Year-End Cramming
There There (Andrew Bujalski, 2022)
As I said on my now-deleted Letterboxd remar...
2023-01-03 06:16:24 +0000 UTC View PostWhite Noise (Noah Baumbach, 2022)
Baumbach's adaptation of the "unadaptable" Don DeLillo novel has at least two direct quotations from Go...
2023-01-03 05:35:21 +0000 UTC View Post
More Year-End Cramming
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022)
An essentially literary premis...
2022-12-30 03:12:04 +0000 UTC View PostI'm Not Asking, I'm Telling
Just so's you know, I got the Eclipse 34 set for Christmas, so January's director of the month will be ...
2022-12-28 08:43:43 +0000 UTC View Post