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Oscar Moment: “Nowhere Boy”
With the expansion of the Best Picture field, we have to take into account all sorts of contenders for Best Picture. ”Nowhere Boy” is a movie that wouldn’t have much of a chance in a field of five,...
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REVIEW: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
I could pound out reviews for movies I love or movies I hate like rapid fire. I know what works and what doesn’t in those films – the only challenge is figuring out the frame. For movies like “Salmon...
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REVIEW: Nowhere Boy
Everyone loves the Beatles, right? Well, just because you love the Beatles does not mean you will automatically love director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Nowhere Boy,” a chronicle of John Lennon’s formative...
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REVIEW: Only God Forgives
Cannes Film Festival – Official Competition Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive” was mediocre genre revisionism. His latest film, “Only God Forgives,” is an attempt at surrealist action that borders on the...
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REVIEW: Love Crime
Alain Corneau’s “Love Crime” is one of those rare slow-burn thrillers that delivers in the end. (Perhaps I need to start watching more French movies, because American ones that try this seem to fail...
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REVIEW: The Invisible Woman
London Film Festival I generally try to avoid Victorian-era costume dramas as I usually find them quite stuffy and more attentive to the threads of the clothes than the threads of the story. I didn’t...
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F.I.L.M. of the Week (March 5, 2015)
François Ozon made a big splash in 2003 with his film “Swimming Pool,” which follows the exploits of a novelist pulling generously from real life to write her next book. A decade later, he circles...
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F.I.L.M. of the Week (April 13, 2017)
At some point while working on a profile of Robert Pattinson, I realized I couldn’t write honestly or insightfully about the actor if I only considered his post-“Twilight” work, which I generally...
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