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Socrates ★★½
Italian neorealism and the French New Wave have made a long-lasting impression on worldwide cinema. The influence of these erasContinue Reading
The Art of Self-Defense ★½
From the classical heroes of Greek myths to the archetypal western protagonist, there has always been a predominant concept ofContinue Reading
Crawl ★★½
Creature features have long been a staple of horror and science fiction cinema. Alexandre Aja‘s Crawl is the latest of suchContinue Reading
Salesman and the Broken Promise of American Capitalism
The Maysles Brothers spent decades making films which showed the mundanities and peculiarities of American life and culture, a numberContinue Reading
Seeing Through The Fog of War
The Fog of War came about after Errol Morris approached former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara for an interviewContinue Reading
On the Front Lines: The War Room
D.A. Pennebaker hardly needs an introduction for those familiar with documentaries. One of the forefathers of direct cinema, Pennebaker startedContinue Reading
Stop Making Sense: The Ecstasy of Anxiety
Stop Making Sense opens with David Byrne walking onstage and placing a boombox down. Staring restlessly out into the audience,Continue Reading
Travelling Through Time to Monterey Pop
Before Woodstock, there was the Monterey Pop music festival. The three day concert in June of 1967 was one ofContinue Reading
A Hidden Life ★★★½
In every war, there are those who fight and those who do not. While film, and artistic depictions of warContinue Reading
Stories We Tell (and Stories We Don’t)
I think three viewings are needed to take in Stories We Tell in full. One to understand the story, oneContinue Reading
