NYFF 2010: The Week That Was
The New York Film Festival, hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, kicked off last Friday night with the dazzling debut of David Fincher’s newest masterpiece, ‘The Social Network.’ The Festival continues f...
The New York Film Festival, hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, kicked off last Friday night with the dazzling debut of David Fincher’s newest masterpiece, ‘The Social Network.’ The Festival continues f...
Movies about ordinary people dressing up like superheroes and attempting to fight crime are quickly becoming a whole genre unto themselves. This year’s earlier ‘Kick-Ass‘ is perhaps the defining example. ‘W...
One of the great things about film festivals is the opportunity to see a wide variety of different movies in a short amount of time. When else are you likely to watch a comedy, a German existential fantasy, and a 3-D documentary a...
Tragedy is the order of the day in ‘Beautiful Boy’. Michael Sheen and Maria Bello star as a fairly typical suburban couple, having marital difficulties but trying to keep things together. Their lives are torn apart whe...
German filmmaker Tom Tykwer (director of ‘Run Lola Run‘) tried his hand at selling out to mainstream Hollywood with ‘The International‘. He had only limited success with that, so he’s returned to his ...
The Toronto International Film Festival ended on Sunday. By the time you read this, I will have already left the city. I still have several movies to write about, however. So I’ll roll those out over a few extra posts. First...
After the insanity of ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans‘, iconoclast director Werner Herzog switches back to documentary mode for his latest film. To prove that he’s never afraid to challenge himself, no ...
As I write this post on Tuesday afternoon, I’ve only had time to see one movie so far today. However, it’s perhaps the biggest, most buzzed-about film in the festival – and also the one that you, our readers, told me y...
Technically, the Toronto International Film Festival opened last Thursday, the 9th. However, Mrs. Z and I didn’t arrive in the city until late on Sunday. We didn’t get a chance to see any movies that night, so our fest...
For the next week, I’ll be on vacation. Mrs. Z and I will be traveling to Toronto to visit friends and to attend the Toronto International Film Festival. This may result in some disruptions to our normal blog posting schedul...