Lady in Red
In Fabric by Hope Madden My last note after watching In Fabric: “Well, that was weird.” Weird in a good way. Nobody blends giallo’s surrealistic seduction with dry British wit…read more →
Archive For December, 2019
I Am Luke’s Broken Heart
Daniel Isn’t Real by Hope Madden Director Adam Egypt Mortimer’s stylish image of mental illness takes a kind of demonic Fight Club angle, hits some mildly homoerotic notes (like Fight…read more →
High Tension
The Aeronauts by George Wolf Director Tom Harper wastes little time in taking The Aeronauts into the wild blue, but I’m not complaining. Once we’re up there, I didn’t want…read more →
Time and Tide
Waves by Hope Madden “Seize the day,” Tyler’s (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) literature teacher reminds each student as they leave her classroom. In a constant loop during weight training, Tyler’s wrestling…read more →
Better Living through Chemistry
Dark Waters by Hope Madden Todd Haynes hasn’t written one of his own films since 2007’s I’m Not There, a biopic that refuses to fit neatly into that genre (making…read more →
The One that Got Away
The Head Hunter by Hope Madden In a land of yore, the geography forbidding, a far off trumpet calls for the hardiest of warriors—those equipped to fight beasts. Director Jordan…read more →
Go Beavers!
Knives and Skin by Hope Madden Falling somewhere between David Lynch and Anna Biller in the under-charted area where the boldly surreal meets the colorfully feminist, writer/director Jennifer Reeder’s Knives…read more →
Book Review: True Crime
by Hope Madden “Every girl in the world was taught not to trust her gut. Every girl in the world knew she was the fool in the play.” Samantha Kolesnik’s insightful first…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out – Week of December 2
Only a couple of new options this week, but both are really worth your time. Click the film title to see the full review. Ready or Not Low Tide (DVD)
Pretty McFly (For a White Guy)
Fastest Delorean Part II by George Wolf When we last saw Adam Kontras and his record-setting Delorean, one of them was on the side of an L.A. freeway engulfed in…read more →