Before anything else, before any talk of its “uneven narrative” (per the otherwise complimentary Rotten Tomatoes critic’s consensus), it’s worth considering the contours of Francis…
I have clear memories of watching Jane Campion’s Bright Star (2009) as a pre-teen. The spring and summertime passages of the film are most prominent…
“Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality. Don’t put limitations on yourself. Others will do that for you.” — James Cameron When…
By all accounts, Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II should have been a complete failure. Delayed for almost four years (routinely a tell-tale…
JR White passed away on October 18, 2020, at the age of 40, leaving behind a special body of work as a producer/engineer, and one-half…
#110: Gamer Download episode here. Listen to episode here. Episode Description: Apparently we have become the Neveldine/Taylor podcast, as this week, we take on yet…
#109: Crank 2: High Voltage Download episode here. Listen to episode here. Episode Description: Sequel month continues here at Summer Blockbuster!?! as we tackle 2009’s…
#103: Halloween II Download episode here. Listen to episode here. Episode Description: Our 2019 Month of Horrors Extravaganza concludes this week as we take on…
#101: Drag Me to Hell Download episode here. Listen to episode here. Episode Description: Our Month of Horrors Extravaganza continues this week as we discuss…
Hong Sang-soo’s 2009 film Night and Day marks many firsts for the director, including his first film shot on digital and his first to be…
#30: Hearts and Glowers: A Rough Ride Through Rom-coms of No Repute Download episode here. Episode Description: Like a chance encounter with a long-forgotten lover… like a…
An anomalous tearjerker from Sion Sono couched between some of the director’s most outré genre eruptions, Be Sure to Share channels Sono’s own grief over the…
If we’re talking about a “golden age of documentaries,” as many seem to be doing these days, then we really should be talking more about…
#12: One Whole Year of Bad Ideas: A.K.A. The Happy Madison Productions Episode Download episode here. Episode Description: This month, for their twelfth (TWELFTH!!!) Bad Idea Podcast,…
#7: Canadian Like Me: The Worst of the Toronto International Film Festival Download episode here. Episode Description: This September, I was lucky enough to attend the Toronto…
#3: Nothing So Appalling in the Annals of Horror: The First American Goremeister Download episode here. Episode Description: This week, Bad Idea Podcast tackles—and without shoulder pads—Herschell Gordon…
Not unlike last year’s Academy Award-winning doc Man on Wire (which also played at the Provincetown Film Festival), Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove utilizes familiar narrative…
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film in the Potter franchise, begins with the same ominous sense of darkness that pervaded the opening…
It’s the middle of the afternoon and I’m waiting in a theater sparsely populated with a dozen other strangers. Suddenly the lights dim, the curtains…
If you could live your life all over again, would you do anything differently? Is there a crucial, life-altering moment in your past that you…