Don’t See Wolf Totem: It’s Terrible!
Every so often you see a film that is so misguided that you wish you could travel back to the meeting where the people who brought you the film decided to go ahead with...
Category: film
American Ultra: The Spy Stoner Movie
My 76 year-old father loves action movies. The more whiz-bang and improbable they are, the better. It doesn’t even matter if they are serious spy/action movies or a sophisticated wink at the genre....
It’s Robert Redford’s Birthday!
The always fabulous Robert Redford turns 79 today. In addition to his film roles and starting the Sundance Film Festival, we tend to take his enormous intellect and thoughtfulness for granted. If you’ve ever...
Looking Into “The Crystal Ball” Worth It
I’ve had a bad cold this week, so I’ve been trying to entertain myself with films. Stumbling over this 1943 film about a beauty contest entrant who fills in for a flim-flammy fortune...
I’m So Excited About FELT
One of the films that I was so excited about at Fantastic Fest last year was FELT. FELT is unusual in that it feels a lot more like a performance art piece than it...
Line By Linewest
I was coming out of the Robot Petting Zoo on an upstairs floor at the new JW Marriott on Congress Avenue during the South by Southwest Interactive Festival when I nearly bumped into Gia,...
Some Upcoming Film Coolness at SXSW
In trying to get ready for South by Southwest, I spend a lot of time looking at the listings, watching trailers, and trying to figure out where I want to be when. Out of...
Child of God is on Netflix
Since Fantastic Fest 2013, the film that stuck with me most is James Franco’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s 1973 work “Child of God.” Now “Child of God” is on Netflix. While it isn’t the...
Nightcrawler and the Gatekeeper Theory
At Fantastic Fest this fall, I was waiting with the other photographers for Dan Gilroy, the writer/director of the film Nightcrawler to arrive. Before seeing the film, several of the photographers noted the irony...
The Grand Budapest Hotel at SXSW
Given that The Grand Budapest Hotel just won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy and it got a lot of Oscar nominations this morning, I thought it would be nice to share some of...
