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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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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 5th, 2019 – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Josh Zyber — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:00:54 +0000

The Blu-ray scene kind of fell to pieces the last couple weeks without any major new movies on disc. This week begins to rebuild with a recent box office hit that looks pretty fun. New Releases (Blu-ray) The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part – Following the Batman and Ninjago spinoffs, Chris Pratt and crew...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 7th, 2019 – No Sh*t, Sherlock

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:00:33 +0000

A couple of the worst-reviewed movies of 2018 hit Blu-ray this week. Both were also box office duds. I suppose it’s no surprise that their respective studios aren’t even bothering to release them on Ultra HD. Let’s see if we can help clue you in on something more to your liking. New Releases (Blu-ray) Holmes...

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TIFF Journal: Carmine Street Guitars

Jason Gorber — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:00:14 +0000

Canadian documentarian Ron Mann has had a long career shedding light on various subcultures, from his celebrated Comic Book Confidential, examining a dance craze in The Twist, to stoners and growers in Grass. His latest, Carmine Street Guitars, borrows stylistically from Jim Jarmusch, who is a participant in the documentary, and Jonathan Demme, to whom...

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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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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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‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ Review: The Hipster Vampire Chronicles

Philip Brown — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:00:40 +0000

Jim Jarmusch emerged as a filmmaker with a unique style from his first feature, and one of the most interesting aspects of following his career has been watching the director bend genres to his will. Jarmusch’s latest, ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’, takes the vampire genre and transforms it into a deadpan hangout movie with bloodsucking...

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Weekend Movies: In a Mirror, Darkly

Luke Hickman — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:00:46 +0000

This weekend may offer all sorts of counter programming, but that doesn’t quite mean that any of it is worth watching. Opening on just as many screens as last week’s ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ is the animated sequel that no one asked for, ‘Rio 2‘. All of the forgettable characters and the dull voiceover...

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Blu-ray Highlights for July 17th, 2012 – What a Glorious Feelin’

Josh Zyber — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:00:48 +0000

Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo… I’m singin’ in the rain Just singin’ in the rain We’ve finally got Blu-rays Worth buyin’ again! All right, maybe there aren’t that many Blu-rays worth buying today, but considering how slow things have been recently, it’s nice to have at least one major title to get excited about. In fact,...

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The Netflix Stream: Week of January 29th, 2012

Dick Ward — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:04 +0000

The beginning of February is all about comedy on Netflix. We lose a few funny movies and we gain a few. All things considered, it’s a zero sum game. It’s not a win, but it’s a hell of a lot better than a loss. Leaving the Stream ‘Strange Brew’ (2/5): I’ve been meaning to watch...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 8/9/11 – Some Tasty Waves, a Cool Buzz, and I’m Fine

Josh Zyber — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:00:01 +0000

Stoners may, as a rule, be a pretty unambitious lot. For some reason, however, they seem to rule the Blu-ray release schedule this week. Party on! It’s a pretty slow week overall: ‘The Battle of Algiers‘ (Criterion) ‘Bikini Girls on Ice‘ (Well Go USA) ‘Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff‘ (Strand Releasing) ‘Dazed...

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