Standing Up (Caruso, 2013)
Standing Up begins and ends with a reference to God. In between, Howie and Grace confront a childhood trauma with a mix of fragility, resiliency, and candor that is rare… Continue reading "Standing Up (Caruso, 2013)"
Category: Reviews
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Shepard & Dark (Wurmfeld, 2012)
It’s hard to know which element of Shepard & Dark is the most refreshingly quaint: the male friendship, the commitment to letter writing, or the quiet quality of its emotional… Continue reading "Shepard & Dark (Wurmfeld, 2012)"
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Escape Plan (Håfström, 2013)
Every good escape plan needs three things:
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Cinematic States (Higgins, 2013)
There are film critics and then there are movie guys.
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Informant (Meltzer, 2012)
If you’re looking for answers as to who Brandon Darby really is, or what the motivations behind his turning in two young men suspected of planning to bomb the Republican National Convention really were, then this movie will not be a profitable use of time.
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Jewtopia (Fogel, 2012)
With a name like Jewtopia, I thought the movie would be mainly about a Jewish family. But it isn’t.
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Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde (Mitchell, 2013)
Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde is a new documentary film about (as the title suggests) the eventful life of cowboy Dayton O. Hyde, who describes himself as “a cowboy first, a conservationist second, and a writer third.”
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Don Jon (Gordon-Levitt, 2013)
Kenneth R. Morefield reviews Don Jon at 1More Film Blog.
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Gravity (Cuarón, 2013)
Any good political pollster can tell you that the answer is influenced by the way the question is framed. Film critics usually think the question they are answering is, "Was it any good?" The question I get asked the most, however, is, "Did you like it?"
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Under the Skin (Glazer, 2013)
The director himself opined that he thought the second half of the film was about "the drift towards moral intuition [and ...] the stuff that makes us human."