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TIFF Journal: Marriage Story

Jason Gorber — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:00:19 +0000

In 1979, Robert Benton directed Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep in a film about the disintegration of a marriage and the ramifications it had on their young kid. Kramer vs. Kramer was groundbreaking stuff, became an enormous financial success, and took home Oscars for Best Picture, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, and Screenplay. If Netflix has...

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Cannes Journal: The Dead Don’t Die

Jason Gorber — Thu, 16 May 2019 19:00:27 +0000

Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die has all the parts to make a terrific film – a stellar cast, a smart and resilient indie director, and a cinematically literate tale about the undead that should appease fans of George Romero. Instead, like the corpses that litter the ground, the bits never quite assemble in a...

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Sundance Journal: The Report

Jason Gorber — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:00:56 +0000

As the American political system continues to devolve to tribalism, it’s often refreshing to remember that there are people within the trenches of power who continue to fight for a more perfect union not only for institutional but moral reasons. The Report is such a feel-good story, one where a near-anonymous bureaucrat toils in a...

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Cannes Journal: ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’

Jason Gorber — Tue, 29 May 2018 19:00:22 +0000

The term “quixotic” refers to the exceedingly impractical and unrealistic. Some quests speak to notions of romantic, adventurous reaching-to-the-stars simultaneously with a ridiculous, near lunatic denial of the very rational obstacles that should prevent one from attempting such foolishness in the first place. There’s perhaps no film better tied to this central conceit than Terry...

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Cannes Journal: ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Jason Gorber — Tue, 22 May 2018 19:00:25 +0000

Spike Lee has made a career demonstrating a fearlessness in talking truth to power. While his recent narrative films have been a mixed bag (while simultaneously his non-fiction work has been deeply underappreciated), this latest punch in the gut, ‘BlacKkKlansman’, is a welcome return to form for the Brooklyn native. Based on the true story...

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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Review: Rian Strikes Back

Philip Brown — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:00:32 +0000

The new ‘Star Wars’ trilogy has finally found its own voice and identity. After the nostalgia-fueled tears and cheers of J.J. Abrams’ relentlessly crowd-pleasing (and pandering?) ‘The Force Awakens’, oddball genre mashup artist Rian Johnson (‘Brick’, ‘Looper’) cracked the code and found a new direction for those adventures in a galaxy far, far away. Yes,...

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‘Logan Lucky’ Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:00:27 +0000

Are you feeling lucky today? Good! It’s time to announce the winners of last week’s ‘Logan Lucky’ contest. As explained in the original post, we challenged you to provide funny or clever captions for the following image: Honorable Mentions Csm101: “Let me just fix that wrinkle on your shirt.” “Thanks mate.” Nick: “Now I’ll only...

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Contest: Win ‘Logan Lucky’ on Blu-ray and Ultra HD!

Josh Zyber — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:00:52 +0000

How lucky can you get? We’re giving away Steven Soderbergh’s comedic heist caper ‘Logan Lucky‘ on 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray this week. Don’t miss your chance to take one home. To win a copy of the disc, all you have to do is participate in our photo caption contest by giving us a funny or...

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‘Logan Lucky’ Review: Soderbergh Gets Silly

Philip Brown — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:00:21 +0000

The release of ‘Logan Lucky’ marks a return from self-imposed cinematic retirement for director Steven Soderbergh. You’d think that might mean the Oscar-winning filmmaker has an extra important and ambitious project that forced him back into the art form. Nope. The guy just wanted to have fun and has delivered one of his most endearingly...

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‘Paterson’ Review: Poetry in Motion

Philip Brown — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:00:54 +0000

In a time of constant overstimulation where everyone seems polarized, every conversation is an argument, and every form of art is meant to be consumed and disposed immediately, there’s something soothingly sweet about the latest film from Jim Jarmusch. That prematurely gray indie filmmaking pioneer, arbiter of cool, and master of deadpan has returned with...

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‘Silence’ Review: A Masterful Catholic Guilt Trip

Philip Brown — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:00:38 +0000

The great Martin Scorsese spent decades struggling to make ‘Silence’. Many casts signed on and then departed once the cash flow dried up. It took the combined forces of putting Spider-Man and Han Solo, Jr. in the lead roles before anyone agreed to bankroll this thing and even then, it almost has to be assumed...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Paterson’

Philip Brown — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:00:21 +0000

Jim Jarmusch’s particular brand of philosophical deadpan comedy probably should have gone out of style by now. However, since the guy was always an artist who seemed displaced in time, his movies continue to appeal to a select group of hipsters and weirdoes who enjoy the filmmaker’s ramblingly funny stabs at profundity. Jaramusch’s latest, ‘Paterson’,...

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