Monthly Archives: April 2011
Ah, to see The Conformist again on the big screen. Though I can’t complain because the first time I ever saw it was in a stadium seating¬†theater in college, and it’s been one of my 5 favorite films of all time ever since. For years unavailable on home video except for an awful pan-and-scan VHS, Paramount finally brought The Conformist to DVD a couple of...
With The Tree of Life from Terrence Malick, von Trier’s Melancholia, and now Another Earth from first-time Director Mike Cahill, the planets are aligning (and/or colliding) for 2011 to be a year of cosmic enlightenment at the movies. I like how recent films like these and Source Code are using a sci-fi framework to examine philosophical issues. The Sundance synopsis...
This is one reason Harvey Weinstein is good for the movie business — he gets the bigger picture. This is also why he’s great at Oscar campaigning — when he has a horse that can win — he knows what they want in the end. You have to take your hat off to him for what he did for Inglourious Basterds last year: that is one of the weirdest films to...
Oscar-nominated documentary Waste Land aired on PBS Independent Lens last Tuesday, but I didn’t notice the listing in time give a heads up. Luckily, Independent Lens re-broadcasts Sunday evening in many areas, so check your local schedule for another chance to catch it. Filmed over nearly three years, Lucy Walker‚Äôs Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz...