The Episcopal Academy
If that title sounds familiar, it is. It was the critical room in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and Room 237 the film explores everything that film has to offer. While this films purpose is to explore everything I naturally do […]
Paul Thomas Anderson seems to have two types of films. The fun, show-off character study that is fast paced and oozes energy. His past three films, have been slow-paced, dark, and philosophic character studies. The only similarity between the two […]
The Dirties is one of the most clever film concepts I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Its a film about a two filmmakers who begins to make a film about death, and murder. This film suddenly turns into […]
I needed to take a shower after watching this film. Its characters are the lowest low that this earth has to provide. They engage in rape, drugs, violence, and crime in order to entertain themselves and because they have nothing […]
I’ve recommended Spring Breakers to a lot of people. A majority end up watching it, assuming that Selena Gomez in a bikini equals a good movie. While it certainly doesn’t hurt, Harmony Korine’s latest feature is a film that far […]
Animated films that aren’t made for children have never done it for me. They often come off as one that should have been live action, and often never fully deliver. That’s why I was worried going into Richard Linklater’s Waking […]
“A homicidal car tire, discovering it has destructive psionic power, sets its sights on a desert town once a mysterious woman becomes its obsession.” This is the IMDB plot synopsis of Rubber, the Quentin Dupieux film that is almost unmatched […]
After pausing the film to go to the bathroom, upon my return I that my television was displaying a beautifully painted picture, not a movie. Every frame of this film is more beautiful than the last, and has the qualities […]
Is film therapeutic? Or is it just a waste of time? Is it therapeutic for only the viewer, or is it for the filmmaker as well? These questions are at the forefront of Waltz with Bashir, Ari Folman’s animated documentary […]
Looking at this years most recent oscar nominees, they all seem to share a similar theme: none of them are as good as Short Term 12. It’s a low budget film that contains no expensive special effects, sets made in […]