It’s impossible to ignore the year 2016 when talking about Loving, a film that takes place between 1958 and 1967 and depicts the lives of the titular couple at the center of one of the Supreme Court’s landmark cases of the 20th century. So let’s talk about 2016.
Read More Black, White & Wed: A Difficult Year Gets Some Much-Needed ‘Loving’(I knew next to nothing about Midnight Special going in, and if you’re curious at all and haven’t yet seen the trailer, I recommend you follow suit. I’ll give a general overview and then a fair warning when I discuss things it may be best not to know about until you see it, though the […]
Read More No, Seriously, Take Shelter: Jeff Nichols Cooks Up A ‘Midnight Special’Summer is the season for blockbusters, of course, but there also must be a little counter-programming for those of us less inclined to see Fast & Furious 6 or Star Trek Into Darkness. Nearing the end of May I’ve yet to see a summer blockbuster, not because they’re totally unappealing but merely because they’re not […]
Read More Pigs & ‘Mud’: The Kick-Off To A Sundance SummerIt’s that time of year again, folks! What I like to call “movie Christmas.” And like an actual holiday, the Academy Awards often end up as more of a disappointment than anything else — any Oscars handed out to not-so-great nominated films like Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and The Iron Lady can be chalked […]
Read More The Not-Oscars 2011Is it me, or were 2011’s movies more united by theme this year than is usual? Nostalgia was the big one, with several titles capitalizing not just on our nostalgia of a past era, but of movies from a past era — from silent films to Spielberg blockbusters and everything in between. Films like The […]
Read More Top Ten Films: 2011(Movies discussed in this post: Martha Marcy May Marlene, Bellflower, Red State, Higher Ground, Take Shelter.) “We all go a little mad sometimes,” a very famous movie character said. He was not nominated for an Oscar, but he should have been. It was Anthony Perkins in Psycho, a little mad indeed. (Okay, that’s an understatement.) […]
Read More Martha Marcy May Michael Shannon: Movie Madness 2011BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer) § 50/50 § Beginners § Drive § Take Shelter § The Artist § The Descendants
Read More Gold Rush: Independent Spirit Awards Nominees 2011
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