Film Socialisme (2010) A Film by Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialisme recently happened to me. Happen is the right word not only because its robust and fractious sparring of i...

Screening Notes #9

Tokyo Sonata (2008): That so much of this film is eloquent, clever, and lovely makes its bombastic third-act derailing all the more dishear...

Zodiac (2007) A Film by David Fincher

The analog precursor to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 's endless barrage of digital facts and details can be found in Zodiac . Both fi...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) A Film by David Fincher

At this point, the material that spawned Stieg Larsson's best-selling novel, a Swedish film adaptation, and now Hollywood pulp-whiz Davi...

Barry Lyndon (1975) A Film by Stanley Kubrick

Barry Lyndon , despite its superficial appearance as a departure for the great director, is Stanley Kubrick's immaculate, thought-provok...

2011 Round-Up

It's ironic given the increasing efficiency of international media transportation via means both cyber and televisual that I found mysel...