Posts Tagged ‘Federico Fellini’
Film Review – Maria
Director Pablo Larraín’s Maria (2024) is the third and final entry into his series of notable women in history – following the footsteps of Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021). And while his latest continues the elegant camerawork, sumptuous production design, and deep examination into the psyche of his subject, this is also…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Hand of God
Paolo Sorrentino, the Italian writer/director whose The Great Beauty (2013) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, has returned with what might be his most personal work to date. The Hand of God (2021) is a coming-of-age tale of a boy growing up in…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – 8½
All art – at a certain level – is a reflection of ego. Film might be the most powerful example of this idea. Through image and sound, we see an artist’s thoughts, feelings, fears, desires, and hidden secrets illuminated on the screen. We see the…
READ MORESIFF Double Feature – The Fabulous Allan Carr and Entanglement
The Fabulous Allan Carr: I came to this documentary not knowing anything about it’s subject, but since director Jeffrey Schwarz made one of my favorite movies of all time, I am Divine, it was pretty much a given I was going to watch it. Schwarz…
READ MOREBlu-Ray Review – The Executioner
It is hard to review the work for a company like Criterion, without just handing out universal praise. Their movie releases tend to be so far past most of the industry the only real way you can fairly compare them is against themselves, and it is…
READ MOREFilm Review – Knight of Cups
I dread the day Terrence Malick stops making films. He is one of a kind, an original voice. No one makes movies the same way he does, and when he decides to call it quits he will take away a view of the world entirely…
READ MOREFilm Review – Top Five
Chris Rock’s Top Five (2014) is a movie that is in conflict with itself. On one hand, it’s an insightful examination of fame and artistic freedom. On the other, it’s a sexual comedy of the most obscene nature. Rock (who wrote and directed) is going…
READ MOREFilm Review – Cutie and the Boxer
Cutie and the Boxer is an observation about the lives of Noriko and Ushio Shinohara, two Japanese-American artists who have been married for forty years. They share an intensity for expressing themselves creatively and want to share this with the world. From Woody Allen‘s writer…
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