All posts tagged "Review"
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Review: NORTH FACE
Originally ran November 12th, 2009 as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival It’s not much of...
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SXSW Review: TINY FURNITURE
TINY FURNITURE is a remarkably successful comedy, smart and witty, from a young and promising filmmaker. Lena Dunham...
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SXSW (Short) Review: OUT OF NOWHERE
OUT OF NOWHERE is a strange and mysterious film that combines the bizarre mentality of David Lynch with...
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SXSW Review: WINTER’S BONE
WINTER’S BONE, quite possibly, is one of the top five best films to see in 2010. Based on...
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SXSW Review: MONSTERS
MONSTERS is a film that shoots itself in the foot, undeservedly, with a misleading title. Intentional or not,...
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SXSW Review: PUTTY HILL
PUTTY HILL is a film that thrives on its authenticity, portraying a clutch of realistic characters in an...
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Review: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Based on the 1st of four successful illustrated books, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID follows around clever Greg Heffley...
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Review: REPO MEN
Sometimes, I wonder what movie characters wanted to be when they grew up. I wonder what character like...
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Review: THE BOUNTY HUNTER
If two beautiful people were all a movie needed to be good, this movie would be top notch....
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Review: THE ART OF THE STEAL
“The Barnes Foundation would attack…the enemies of intelligence and imagination in art, whether or not those enemies are...
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SXSW Review: COLD WEATHER
COLD WEATHER manages to take two underlying story ideas and combine them into a conceptually intriguing film, one...
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SXSW Review: HARRY BROWN
Few actors are as universally recognized and appreciated… and still working as long and hard as Michael Caine....
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SXSW Review: CENTURION
CENTURION is an epic story told on an intimate scale. It’s a war movie focused on the character-driven...
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SXSW Review: THE HAPPY POET
THE HAPPY PORT is an indie comedy written and directed by Paul Gordon, who also stars in the...
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SXSW Review: THE LOVED ONES
There was a time when Australia was a blossoming new haven for great films. Fortunately, that time has...
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SXSW Review: MICMACS
Favored French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (DELICATESSEN, AMELIE) returns to delight audiences once again with MICMACS, his sixth feature...
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SXSW Review: CRYING WITH LAUGHTER
Movies of all kinds have entered into my own personal pantheon of favorites, for various different reasons. All...
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SXSW Review: JIMMY TUPPER VS. THE GOATMAN OF BOWIE
“Jimmy fucking Tupper is not crazy!” Or, is he? Jimmy Tupper is your run-of-the-mill loser, living in Bowie,...
