(2 Jul) Love & Mercy (2015, Bill Pohlad)82 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (6 Jul) The Secret Life of Pets (2016, Chris Renaud)67 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (7 Jul) Blow Out (1981,…
Date Archives January 2011
Can’t Hardly Wait
Finally, a real high school movie for the 90s. “American Graffiti” and “Grease” took a fun look at the 50s, as “Dazed and Confused” toward the 70s. In the 80s, we had John Hughes, who…
Moonlight Mile
This might be my favorite kind of film, one where you meet people you grow to know and care about, not because of cheap tricks but because the director has the good sense of letting…
The Big Lebowski
“Sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a hero, ’cause, what’s a hero? Sometimes, there’s a man. And I’m talkin’ about the Dude here – the Dude from Los Angeles. Sometimes, there’s a man, well,…
THE AVENGERS
Movie Infos Title: The Avengers Rating: Year: 1998 Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik Writer: Don MacPherson Starring: Ralph Fiennes Uma Thurman Sean Connery Jim Broadbent Eddie Izzard … Time: 89 min. Genre: Action / Adventure Can…
Wes Anderson: Once Upon a Time in India
Before seeing “The Darjeeling Limited”, you have advised audiences to watch “Hotel Chevalier”, a short film which introduces the character Jason Schwartzman plays in “Darjeeling”. Was it planned all along to make a short…
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
It’s ironic that someone who champions brevity as I often do would love Bollywood so much. I find that most stories can be told properly in 90 minutes, so why don’t I mind a…
Bottle Rocket
You know what I hate with many independent films? It’s how the people who make them often lack ambition. They’re like, oh man, we don’t have much money, let’s just do a piece where people…
Denys Arcand
1970 On est au coton 77 [ A prime example of cinema direct, this first feature documentary by Denys Arcand achieved mythical status because of how it was censored for more than 30 years by…