Film
From the outside, my barbershop on First Hill looks like every Main
From the outside, my barbershop on First Hill looks like every Main Street America tonsorial parlor, complete with…
Robert Horton
Film
From the outside, my barbershop on First Hill looks like every Main
From the outside, my barbershop on First Hill looks like every Main Street America tonsorial parlor, complete with…
Film
“Scrambled is my favorite eggs style. What about yours?” The speaker is
“Scrambled is my favorite eggs style. What about yours?” The speaker is Lisa, a lonely, sincere, somewhat vapid…
Film
The Revenant is a huge whopping spectacle, the likes of which have
The Revenant is a huge whopping spectacle, the likes of which have rarely been seen since Cecil B.…
Arts & Culture
What’s he done this time? As a filmmaker who creates experiences that
What’s he done this time? As a filmmaker who creates experiences that aren’t remotely like anything else out…
Arts & Culture
Will Ferrell hasn’t exhausted the comedy of emasculation just yet—his argyle-sweater-vest-clad persona
Will Ferrell hasn’t exhausted the comedy of emasculation just yet—his argyle-sweater-vest-clad persona still has some comic juice. Still,…
Arts & Culture
Concussion joins the small collection of investigative films arriving at the end
Concussion joins the small collection of investigative films arriving at the end of 2015, with Spotlight and Truth…
Arts & Culture
The Price of Salt is a 1952 novel by Patricia Highsmith (using
The Price of Salt is a 1952 novel by Patricia Highsmith (using the pseudonym Claire Morgan) about a…
Arts & Culture
The films of Quentin Dupieux would’ve been a smash in the late
The films of Quentin Dupieux would’ve been a smash in the late ’60s and early ’70s, crammed as…
Arts & Culture
As evidenced by the success of radio’s Serial and TV’s The Jinx
As evidenced by the success of radio’s Serial and TV’s The Jinx (like anybody consumes things on radio…
Arts & Culture
He looks like a junkie, she doesn’t; but maybe that’s the point.
He looks like a junkie, she doesn’t; but maybe that’s the point. Animals seeks to humanize the struggle…
Film
Fatih Akin (Head-On, Soul Kitchen) is on the short list of the
Fatih Akin (Head-On, Soul Kitchen) is on the short list of the most intriguing 21st-century directors, and his…
Arts & Culture
Beyond the valley of black comedy is a place where laughter and
Beyond the valley of black comedy is a place where laughter and horror mingle freely. Here roams the…
Arts & Culture
Small in scale and antiwar in subject, Tangerines is the kind of
Small in scale and antiwar in subject, Tangerines is the kind of story that almost always gets called…
Arts & Culture
When Albert Maysles died on March 5, it was the end of
When Albert Maysles died on March 5, it was the end of a significant phase of the documentary…
Arts & Culture
The characters in current superhero movies must’ve grown up reading comic books.
The characters in current superhero movies must’ve grown up reading comic books. In Marvel’s run of blockbusters, Iron…
Arts & Culture
Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe) is a dowser, a man who can find
Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe) is a dowser, a man who can find water in the Australian desert—a talent…
Arts & Culture
In November 1811, in accordance with their suicide pact, the great German
In November 1811, in accordance with their suicide pact, the great German Romantic writer Heinrich von Kleist shot…
Arts & Culture
Even if you have an allergic reaction to dramatic re-enactments in documentary
Even if you have an allergic reaction to dramatic re-enactments in documentary films—and I confess I get itchy…
Arts & Culture
Icelandic humor. Could it become a thing? It seems possible in the
Icelandic humor. Could it become a thing? It seems possible in the wake of Of Horses of Men,…