Look at that near-random collection of words in that headline. Delicious, isn't it?
I love the way it works at film festivals when you get these accidentally thematic days, where every title collides to sort of...
I'm not sure I can fully expess all the ways I love "A Serious Man," but I'm willing to give it a try.
Every now and then, I see a film that I surrender myself to and yet, when it comes time to write a review, I just...
Welcome to HorrorFest 2009.
Did you see "Audition"?
Don't think about it. Either you did, or you didn't. Either you remember it vividly at the slightest provocation, or you didn't see it. It's one ...
The first "[REC]" was a profoundly unsettling horror experience, remade a year later by the Dowdle Brothers as "Quarantine." It's part of the recent trend of movies that are ersatz documentaries, with a camerama...
Great. So now I'm "the angry guy."
I'm not, though. I'm just passionate about what I've seen, and I'm increasingly irritated by some rote reactions that I think are dismissive and, frankly, demonstratably...
“Mandrill” was created in a fast paced whirlwind over the last year, literally so the filmmakers could come back to Austin, Texas and Fantastic Fest, but you would never guess that this movie was conceived...
I've got a real soft spot for the Luc Besson action movie sausage factory. They are all generally the same film, narrow variations on formula. As such, I tend to enjoy these variations, and how much I enjo...
I love Fantastic Fest, in my mind the entire month of September should be declared Fantastic Festivus, a national holiday in which every single movie theater in America should be given over to Tim League to play a kal...
When "Napoleon Dynamite" hit the scene back in 2004, I had a slightly tarnished experience with it since it was constantly acted out for me in impromptu one man shows many times before I ever got a chance to see the a...
The trickiest part of any intentionally-structured franchise movie making is that you run the risk of making the audience feel that they've been cheated of a complete experience in favor of a set-up.
"Cirque Du Freak...
