Screening Notes #1

For a while now, I've aimed to find a solution to the endless pile-up of movies I see and don't end up writing about right away. The...

My Winnipeg (2007) A Film by Guy Maddin

Found footage, super 8mm, and shoddy digital video collide in Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg just as much as fact and fiction do. In a conven...

Camera (2000) A Short Film by David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg has been fixated throughout his career on the idea of the camera, the apparatus of cinema, being an intrusion on the human ...

Dogtooth (2010) A Film by Giorgos Lanthimos

( Many spoilers ahead!!! ) Giorgos Lanthimos wouldn't be out of place in Texas Chainsaw Massacre based on the number of times he cuts o...

Announcement and Anticipated Films

I have recently joined a relatively new online film journal called Cinelogue as a contributing writer. It's an interesting outlet for m...

Blue Valentine (2010) A Film by Derek Cianfrance

When I first saw trailers for Derek Cianfrance's Ryan Gosling/Michelle Williams vehicle Blue Valentine , I immediately expected a reviva...