Movies
A Fishy Documentary
(Sep 29, 2010) A still from Catfish Catfish, the world’s first “reality thriller,” is about to hit a theater near you. The f...
Still Thinking About Moonlight Mile
(Sep 22, 2010) I was surprised never to have heard of this film as it came out so many years ago. Moonlight Mile stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Ben, w...
A Little Brando in the Evening
(Sep 10, 2010) Young, sweaty Marlon Brando is best consumed in a park on a hot August night. Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of those i...
Solondz tackles ‘Life During War Time’
(Jul 16, 2010) It’s been several years since Todd Solondz’s specific brand of awkward family relations appeared on the big screen. H...
Peter and Vandy: A Realistic Look at Relationships
(Jul 14, 2010) Peter and Vandy, starring Jason Ritter and Jess Weixler takes a look at some of the darker elements and more realistic scenarios ...
Alice In Wonderland: Sadly, awful.
(Jul 12, 2010) While I’ll admit I was dazzled by the proportion play and visual techniques employed by Tim Burton for the new Alice In Won...
Gimme Eccentricity: An Ode to Jean-Pierre Jeunet
(Jun 30, 2010) I’m going to see Jean-Pierre Jeunet‘s most recent movie, Micmacs, this week. According to SF Chronicle reviewer Mick ...
Trauma and Tension: Films That Are Painful to Watch.
(Apr 26, 2010) Ever since the first time I saw a preview for Precious, I knew I was intrigued and would have to see it. I was not at all prepare...
Clooney fan, apparently.
(Apr 25, 2010) With the deluge of rain and freezing wind masquerading as a Springtime in fair Portland, I’ve been doing a lot of DVD watch...
Snow White, Russian Red
(Apr 15, 2010) Dorota Masłowska’s best-selling novel Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą białą-czerwoną (translated into English by Benjamin Pa...
Factory boy
(Apr 14, 2010) There was an impressive debut in the recent Sundance Festival, also showed in cinema halls in Moscow. Director Tamra Davis pre...
People that you’ve never heard of…
(Apr 13, 2010) I recently set up an interview with Javier Aguirresarobe. You don’t know him either? Javier was the DP in the adaptation o...
Almost Famous
(Apr 04, 2010) Easily the best Crowe’s film. Not new, but I watched it recently. Feels really fresh. It’s a detailed portrayal of the music ...
Do you want to chew on norse men?
(Mar 25, 2010) We when it comes to film up here, there isn’t much to say these days other than talk about Snabba Cash which was in my previ...