A Short Leave of Absence

Unfortunately, I won't be in the film state of mind until after July 10th because I'll be on a tour through the Midwest with my band...

Super 8 (2011) A Film by J.J. Abrams

So inundated by the influence of Steven Spielberg is J.J. Abrams' Super 8 that it even winds up bearing its imitator's strengths an...

The Tree of Life (2011) A Film by Terrence Malick

A week or so ago I witnessed a sixteen-wheeler truck careen off the side of the highway into the woods. Now that I've got your attention...

A Girl Cut in Two (2007) A Film by Claude Chabrol

I've always shied away from using the word "weird" as a critical term, seeing as it really doesn't say much and might as w...

Screening Notes #5

Cold Weather (2010): Aaron Katz completes the process of breaking off from the tired label of mumblecore with this low-key caper set in Kat...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) A Film by Niels Arden Oplev

What to film and what not to film: when faced with a novel of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 's size and narrative complication, direct...

Shadows of Forgotten Film

It's the one-year anniversary over at Cinelogue , and the occasion has prompted a feature called "Shadows of Forgotten Film". ...