Starring Bill Murray’s younger brother, Joel, preposterous black comedy God Bless America is a B movie with high production values. In … More
Tag: life
The Levelling (2016)
An intimate portrayal of strained family relationships laid bare revelation by grim revelation, The Levelling starkly lays out the follies, … More
The Selfish Giant (2013)
Beauty can be painfully raw and hopeless … in the hands of the right writer/director. Clio Barnard has put together … More
The Silence (2010)
This excellent police procedural thriller from Germany assembles a group of fully fleshed-out and highly interesting characters, and drops them into … More
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
This is an extraordinary film based on the extraordinary memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, well-known in France as a journalist, author, and … More
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Following the incredibly sad loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman, I present this review of this amazing film so that you … More
Cold Fish (2010)
I like to watch films without knowing anything about the plot beforehand. This means I get to fully enjoy every … More
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Russian star Nikita Mikhalkov writes, directs and takes top bill in this masterful drama set in the mid-30s in Stalin’s Soviet Union. … More
Buffalo ’66 (1998)
I do not know how many times I have watched Buffalo ’66. I love it! This is the brilliant debut of … More
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