It’s Asia – to the Extreme!
It’s coming!! What’s coming? The coolest thing ever – a film festival Hope got to help program. And it is too nutty! Asia Extreme opens at the Gateway Film Center…read more →
Archive For July, 2013
So That Happened… Chirpers, Episode 3
I realize that I have neglected to keep you up to date on the breathlessly fascinating world of the young telephone sales folk in the pod outside my office…read more →
Weekend Countdown: Bruuuuuuuce!
Maybe you just can’t wait until Tuesday’s screening of Springsteen and I, or maybe the E Street doc is not showing near you. Well, if you are suffering from a…read more →
These People Love Their Boss
by George Wolf Look, I admit it. Asking me to review a Bruce Springsteen documentary sounds about as fair and balanced as Sean Hannity giving his thoughts on…read more →
Sideburns and Samurai
The Wolverine by Hope Madden The Wolverine seems invulnerable, but on the inside, he’s a heartbroken, wounded mess. Doesn’t that make him dreamy? Ever since he had to go and…read more →
Outtakes: Young Filmmakers Debut New Project Saturday
When is a midnite movie not a midnite movie? This Saturday at 11:30pm, when local aspiring filmmakers Gus Dieker and Max Wilson will debut their new feature at the…read more →
Yeah, It was Great..Really.
by George Wolf Fifteen minutes in, The To Do List has the feel of something assembled from one. That list must have been titled “teenage girl sex comedy,”…read more →
For Your Queue: Two Looks at the Next Streep
Writer/director Sally Potter’s poignant semi-autobiography Ginger & Rosa comes out on DVD today. Elle Fanning flawlessly leads a wonderful cast through the crises of adolescence, terrible parenting, and Cuban missiles.…read more →
Weekend Countdown: It’s Raining Sharks!
Still high from Sharknado? Has it opened your eyes to the brilliance of terrible, terrible filmmaking? Are you jonesing for more ineptly crafted, heinously scripted, poorly acted waterborne malevolence? We…read more →
Nightmare in Red
Only God Forgives by Hope Madden Welcome to Hell. Writer/director/Dane Nicolas Winding Refn’s follow up to the magnificent Drive drops viewers in a Bangkok straight out of Dante’s imagination for…read more →