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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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‘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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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.17 & 3.18 Recap: “See You at the Curtain Call”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:00:42 +0000

‘Twin Peaks’ is over, perhaps for good. Whatever you may have expected or wanted the grand finale of ‘Twin Peaks’ to be, the actual conclusion David Lynch delivered is not that. Whether you find it satisfying anyway will depend on how big an apologist and a masochist you are. Did you really think the Audrey...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.16 Recap: “All Things Considered, He Looks Good”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:00:07 +0000

Being a fan of ‘Twin Peaks’ is an endurance test of delayed gratification. After waiting 26 years between the show’s second season and its third, it took 16 episodes before the one thing that most unmistakably defines ‘Twin Peaks’ finally appeared. Dougie is dead! Dale Cooper has returned! Hallelujah! (Before we get into it, yes,...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.14 Recap: “We Are the Dreamer Who Dreams”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000

The ‘Twin Peaks’ episodes without Dougie are decidedly better than the episodes with him and show the potential of what this new season could, and should, be. It’s a shame there are so few like this. Buckhorn, South Dakota Gordon phones Twin Peaks to return a call from Sheriff Truman. He assumes that means Harry....

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.12 Recap: “Next Stop Wendy’s”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:00:49 +0000

This week’s entry may be the most frustrating episode of ‘Twin Peaks’ yet… and I’m including James’ road trip story arc in Season 2 when I say that. Among other sins, the show finally brings back a beloved character, only to utterly botch the job. As I’ve complained about a couple times previously, this hour...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.09 Recap: “Fruitcake, Anyone?”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:00:13 +0000

After a week’s absence to let viewers mull over that mind-bending freakout David Lynch dropped on their heads, ‘Twin Peaks’ returns with a much more plot-oriented episode. Either by design or purely by incompetence (I can’t decide which), this one features one of the worst acting performances you’ll see on TV all year. On the...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.07 Recap: “This May Require a Slight Change of Attitude on Your Part”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:00:39 +0000

I recognize that plot advancement may not necessarily be the main focus or concern of ‘Twin Peaks’, but it’s nevertheless gratifying when the show buckles down and makes some solid progress in that area. After a meandering episode that I didn’t much care for, this week actually feels like a worthy (even necessary) follow-up to...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.06 Recap: “You’re an Interesting Fellow”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:00:45 +0000

A little bit of the Dougie storyline goes a long way in the new ‘Twin Peaks’. This week brings us a lot of Dougie. A lot. For the purposes of these recaps, I still prefer to differentiate between Dougie, who’s dead, and Mr. Jackpots, the mentally-impaired doppelganger that replaced him. All of the domestic satire...

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‘Certain Women’ Review: Small Stories, Impressive Impact

Philip Brown — Fri, 19 May 2017 15:00:21 +0000

Short stories often suit feature film adaptation better than novels. In ‘Certain Women’, the perpetually underrated Kelly Reichardt (‘Wendy and Lucy’, ‘Meek’s Cutoff’) takes three achingly small and human short stories by Maile Meloy and weaves them together into a single feature that honors the voices of both the original author and the filmmaker. Laura...

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‘Wilson’ Review: Sentimental Misanthropy

Philip Brown — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:00:51 +0000

Daniel Clowes is one hell of a writer in the arena of graphic novels, but his tone is incredibly tricky to translate to film. ‘Ghost World’ may have been a Clowes movie masterpiece, but other adaptations of his work have been less than satisfying. ‘Wilson’ is easily one of Clowes’ best comics and also one...

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‘The Founder’ Review: Great Script, Great Cast, Missed Direction

Philip Brown — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:00:36 +0000

‘The Founder’ is a good film very much worth watching. Unfortunately, it’s all too clear that the movie derives from a great script that wasn’t quite given the directorial touch it deserved. The screenplay comes from former ‘Onion’ writer Robert Siegel, who previously delivered two fascinating and darkly comedic character studies in ‘The Wrestler’ and...

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