Est. 1998
Steve Martin has got to be one of our finest comedians, but he often chooses to star in less than great films. But once in a while, he writes his own material, to great results. Bowfinger is his first script since the brilliant romantic fantasy L.A. Story, a wicked satire of the absurdity of the Los Angeles lifestyle. This time, Martin takes a shot at…
What kind of person must a film director train himself to be? What qualities does he need? Here are a few. Those of a white hunter leading a safari into dangerous and unknown country; a psychoanalyst who keeps a patient functioning despite intolerable tensions and stresses, both professional and personal; a hypnotist, who works with the unconscious to achieve his ends. The cunning of a…
(4 Mar) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, George Miller)97 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (8 Mar) Paterson (2016, Jim Jarmusch)92 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (10 Mar) Kong: Skull Island (2017, Jordan Vogt-Roberts)83 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (11 Mar) Evil Dead (2013, Fede Alvarez)90 [ Sam Raimi’s “The Evil Dead” being one of my favorite horror movies of all time, I…
Movie Infos Title: The Matrix Year: 1999 Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski Writer: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski Starring: Keanu Reeves Laurence Fishburne Carrie-Anne Moss Hugo Weaving Joe Pantoliano … If there has to be a quint- essential film for the end of the millennium, this is it. I’ve never seen a movie that blended so exhilaratingly high-concept science- fiction, nerve pounding action and philosophical allegory,…
Movie Infos Title: Jackie Brown Year: 1997 Director: Quentin Tarantino If there was one film to see in 1997, this has to be the one. It might not have a huge budget, explosive special FX sequences or current superstars, but it’s the year’s coolest and smartest film. While it does offer hilarious dialogue and some wild outbursts, this is mostly a picture that takes the…
To watch, or not to watch this critically acclaimed Spanish picture? Especially now, three months away from the release of “Vanilla Sky”, Cameron Crowe’s remake of it starring Tom Cruise and the female lead of the original, Penelope Cruz. As a huge Crowe fan, I’m really, really looking forward to his latest, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to know the whole story before hand….
The 80s. What a cool decade. I love how bright everything was, at least in the movies. Clothes were flashy, hair was puffy and music was cheesy, and all this in a real fun way. As for movies, the decade was one of the most memorable. The most representative films are undoubtedly the high school comedies, because that’s where style is most present. I mean,…
(5 Jan) Vendus (2004, Éric Tessier)34 [ Less than 4 months after the release of his scarily effective “Sur le seuil”, Éric Tessier follows it up with an underwhelming crime comedy. Double-crosses, violence played for laughs and wacky twists abound in this sub-Coen movie about a prostitute trying to blackmail the loser husband of a rich real estate agent. Tessier’s direction is dynamic and Véronique…
“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad ass speed.” Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936 Remember the scenes in Boogie Nights where Dirk Diggler and Reed Rothchild are hanging out, shooting the shit and partying, the sweet awkwardness of their friendship and the manic goofiness of their exchanges? Take away the cocaine that fuelled a lot of that and replace it by sheer stupidity and you get…
Daaaaaaaaamn! I’m dumbfounded here. First, who’s this Howard McCain and how did he come out of nowhere and make such a kickass flick? And second, who are the bloody idiots who figured this oughta be released practically direct to DVD (it got token one-week engagements in some American cities, from what I gather)? This is honestly better than all the big Hollywood blockbusters that have been released…