Cannes Journal: Rocketman
The rise of Elton John to superstardom is indicative of much of the 1970s music industry. Rocketman is a tale of raunchiness and excess, hubris and humiliation, told many times before about many artists.
The rise of Elton John to superstardom is indicative of much of the 1970s music industry. Rocketman is a tale of raunchiness and excess, hubris and humiliation, told many times before about many artists.
It doesn’t take much for a film like ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ to work given what seems to be the universal, visceral thrill one gets just seeing dinosaurs cavorting on screen (Terrence Malick’s mean...
‘Gold’ is a tricky movie to discuss since it’s essential a feature-length misdirect. If you knew precisely why it’s is a far better picture than it initially appears to be, the fun would be spoiled.
‘Pete’s Dragon’ is a remake of a Disney movie that no one is particularly nostalgic about, filtered through a grit and naturalism no one could have expected. Unlike previous Disney remakes that merely put a CGI a...
We barely just finished one big contest and it’s already time to jump into an even bigger one. How big this time? Oh, give or take nine tons. (That’s what Google tells me a Tyrannosaurus Rex weighed.) Or, if you’...
It’s amazing how a few decades can change standards in moviegoing. In 1993, simply seeing Steven Spielberg throw credible dinosaurs up on the big screen qualified as an unprecedented success of cinematic spectacle. These day...
Films with dark or depressing subject matter are hard to get excited for. In all reality, who gets pumped up to see a movie portraying something absolutely grim? Nobody. However, while the prospect of watching Joseph Gordon-Levitt...