INSPIRED – Not since Orson Welles’ masterpiece, Citizen Kane, has a film been so willing and able to wrap its celluloid head around man’s endless struggle to reconnect to the womb. Too overblown in the praise department? Unfair to Paul Thomas Anderson to heave his latest film up on the mantle next to the single most celebrated … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Snow White and the Huntsman delivers
YEP YEP – Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the baddest supermodel witch queen of them all? No, not Helen Mirren. But a pretty good guess. Charlize Theron is unmatched in today’s Hollywood when it comes to the unique combination of beauty and rage. She laid it all on the table nearly a decade ago when … Continue reading
Winnebago Man sees the light
INSPIRED – Documentaries can pull off what screenwriters often cannot: genuine unpredictability. Any documentary filmmaker will tell you that they start with a premise but really have no idea where their story will take them. Winnebago Man was born out of the YouTube fascination with a video cassette of outtakes that had been circulated over the years, … Continue reading
All about Eva
It happened like this: I stepped away from the crowded DNC floor Thursday night and managed to carve out a little quiet space to collect my thoughts. Believe me, between the secret service goons and the frothing delegates, this was no small task. And wouldn’t you know it, no sooner did I settle in to … Continue reading