Flight (2012) A Film by Robert Zemeckis

For a director who has spent the last decade toiling in the still nebulous terrain of computer generated imagery, Robert Zemeckis' retur...

We Won't Grow Old Together (1972) A Film by Maurice Pialat

Maurice Pialat's second full-length feature We Won't Grow Old Together is a devastating exploration of a slowly disintegrating roma...

On Showboating, Oblivion, and Tom Hanks

If you've seen the fascinating disaster that is Cloud Atlas , you may be interested in my new review over at The Daily Notebook. This i...

Out of Sight (1998) A Film by Steven Soderbergh

The characters in Steven Soderbergh’s films are often defined by a particular moral code and the extent to which they’re willing to bend or ...

Andrei Tarkovsky, Ranked

( This is the fourth entry in the Favorite Directors Blogathon . Next month is Bela Tarr. ) Unlike some of the other participants in this bl...

AFI Fest 2012: Nov. 5th - Nov. 7th

( Disclaimer: These notes were scribbled in between screenings while waiting in line for other films. Only minor editing, for grammatical an...

AFI Fest 2012: Saturday Nov. 3rd and Sunday Nov. 4th

( Disclaimer: These notes were scribbled in between screenings while waiting in line for other films. Only minor editing, for grammatical an...

The Shout (1978) A Film by Jerzy Skolimowski

Roman Polanski has invariably been deemed the Polish Master of Paranoia, or some such variation on the term, and as a result the hypnotizing...