Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
“All art is dangerous.” One of the very first scenes in Velvet Buzzsaw – a cinematic approach to Juvelian satire with playfully inventive savagery and a generous splash of acerbic […]
Tag Archives: Jake Gyllenhaal
Wildlife (2018)
“Every time we’ve moved it’s gotten colder.” It was so easy to get bored by Sam Mendes’ 2008 film Revolutionary Road – a showcase for brilliant performers in a stodgy adaptation – […]
Stronger (2017)
“They’re trying to make a hero out of me.” Not all superhero movies require capes and masks and incalculable powers. As evidenced in the remarkably intimate film Stronger, sometimes they can […]
Okja (2017)
“If it’s cheap, they’ll eat it.” Okja takes place in the present day for a reason. Rather than push its lavishly hyperbolic take on an old Aesop Fable out into a […]
Life (2017)
“We never trained for this.” Much to the detriment of the story’s squandered B-movie material, Life takes itself far too seriously, and in direct contrast to that solemn approach, is oblivious of […]
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
“Our world is a lot less painful than the real world.” The first images we see are of obese middle-aged women floating in slow motion with pride and dignity, wearing […]
Everest (2015)
“If anyone can do it you can.” Most hear the word Everest and immediately think of the apex. The freezing, windswept, snowcapped summit of the highest point on the planet. […]
Southpaw (2015)
“Don’t get hit too much.” Boxing, along with baseball, is a sport that translates well to the screen. It’s been done countless times. And while baseball is a team sport, […]
Nightcrawler (2014)
“My motto is, ‘if you want to win the lottery, you have to make the money to buy a ticket.’” On the road to success, obstacles and blockades oftentimes get […]
Enemy (2014)
“Chaos is order yet undeciphered.” “What the hell did I just watch?” That was my initial thought once it had finished. Enemy is pure surrealist cinema with deep undercurrents flowing in […]
