Phoenix (2015)
“Show me your face!” Our skin is the biggest organ we have, the frail encasing which literally keeps us together. And it’s as easily torn as holiday wrapping paper, housing […]
Category Archives: Drama
Jauja (2015)
“On the desert frontier, one is alone.” Having now seen Jauja twice, I can say that this is masterful filmmaking at its most boring. All too often gorgeous films come […]
Tangerine (2015)
“Los Angeles is a beautifully wrapped lie.” Few of us, if any at all, are the person behind closed doors which we present to others. There’s a built-in pretense to our […]
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
“Alienation is good for your heart.” Watching The Diary of a Teenage Girl feels intrusive. As if we snuck into the theater, with a world unfolding onscreen that was never supposed to […]
Z for Zachariah (2015)
“It’s just crazy this is still here.” Z for Zachariah is a lesson, both good and bad, in the importance of brevity. Its shot choices early on are inspiring, relying on […]
Digging for Fire (2015)
“There was something truthful about having my own life again.” The simplest way you can describe Joe Swanberg’s career as is prolific. In the same breath, the most complex way […]
People Places Things (2015)
“Life sucks because my wife left me for an off broadway monologuist.” Anymore, it seems impossible to find a good romantic comedy. Too often do they careen into the territory of […]
6 Years (2015)
“Look me in the eye, and tell me.” Here’s a scenario for you: Game 7 of the World Series, bottom of the ninth, full count, go ahead run on third. […]
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
“Speak a little truth and people lose their minds.” Straight Outta Compton is a good bad movie, an attempted thinkpiece that would prefer if you just close your mind off altogether. […]
Mommy (2015)
“Loving people doesn’t save them.” Mommy is the first film I have seen that manipulates the frame in service of the story, only ever so briefly. For almost its entirety, the […]
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