Great Expectations (Newell, 2012)
A surprisingly emotionally engaging film, Mike Newell's Great Expectations is easily the best Dickens adaptation I've ever seen. (Yes, I've seen the David Lean version...more than once.)
Category: Reviews
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To the Wonder (Malick, 2012)
I didn't hate To The Wonder. I didn't much like it, but for me and Terence Malick, that's progress.
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Argo (Affleck, 2012)
I approached Argo with a certain amount of trepidation since it depicted events very close to my own life.
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Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines (Guevara-Flanagan, 2012)
Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines is a serviceable if somewhat superficial summary of the American feminist movement as reflected through the representation of female heroes in comic books, television, and film.
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Leviathan (Castaing-Taylor and Paravel, 2012)
Leviathan is not a narrative film.
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Something’s Gonna Live (Raim, 2010)
Does the film community do a better job than the larger American community at respecting its elder statesmen?
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La Source (Shen, 2012)
Everyone thinks they would be more generous if they had just a little more.
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The Law in These Parts (Alexandrowicz 2011)
What is the difference been "occupied" and "held" territories?
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The Bourne Supremacy (Greengrass, 2004)
Assassins don't kill people. Corrupt bureaucrats who control assassins kill people.
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Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002) — 10 Years Later
When one thinks of Paul Thomas Anderson, one normally doesn’t think of romantic comedy.