FOCUS Needs Some Adjustment
Glenn Ficarra and John Renqua have made some films that are close to my heart. BAD SANTA, I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS, CRAZY STUPID LOVE are movies that are funny … Continue reading
THE DUFF Rules
There are, to be sure, the usual tropes of high school angst and triumph to be found in THE DUFF, based on the book by Kody Keplinger, but this is … Continue reading
BIRDMAN (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
BIRDMAN is a film dense with existential questing and the absurdity of the human condition A faded movie star, desperate to be taken seriously as an artist after selling out … Continue reading
A Voice in the Night 2/22/15
I love it when I can hash out a big awards show with the divine Maureen Langan on KGO radio. This week, it was the mother of all awards shows, … Continue reading
David Cross Takes the HITS
David Cross was off coffee because of a stomach ailment when I talked to him on February 5, 2015 just before his film, HITS, kicked of SFIndieFest. Opting for tea, and overcoming his … Continue reading
Perry Blackshear, MacLeod Andrews & Evan Dumouchel Insist that THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE
THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE is a first-rate existential horror film, as well as a psychological thriller. I got the same vibe watching it that I had gotten watching PI and BRICK, the … Continue reading
35th Annual Razzie Awards — John Wilson Interview
I learned a long time ago that it’s pretty much impossible not to get facetious with the founder and Head Berry of the Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation. John Wilson, author, … Continue reading
A Voice in the Night 2/8/15
Once again I join the divine Maureen Langan of KGO Radio here in San Francisco, and this week we chat Grammy’s, Madonna’s posterior, why Jupiter Ascending doesn’t delight, why Song … Continue reading
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM — Shlomi Elkabetz Interview
GETT, the Hebrew word for a bill of divorce, is the third film in a trilogy made by brother-and-sister filmmakers Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz. The theme, as Shlomi explained to … Continue reading
SONG OF THE SEA is Beautiful Harmony
SONG OF THE SEA reminds us of the power of simplicity in storytelling and in animation. Hand-drawn and steeped in Irish folklore, it is a profoundly moving experience rife with … Continue reading
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