Posts Tagged ‘Kathryn Bigelow’
Film Review – Detroit
The tragedy of Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit (2017) is that – despite the fact that the events it depicts took place fifty years ago – the country still sees similar occurrences happen this very day. Racism is an ugly stain on the legacy of America, a…
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Film Analysis – Land of Wolves (2015)
When I was seventeen, I traveled to Mazatlan, Mexico, for spring break in March of 1998. This wasn’t a quick plane ride with two hundred hormonal college kids to a weeklong boozefest on the beach; rather, I went with a friend and her boyfriend, two…
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SIFF Film Review – Cartel Land
Cartel Land‘s look at those who have taken it upon themselves to fight back against corruption shows that even those with the greatest of intentions have their own inner demons that make them less than the ideals they hold. Director Matthew Heineman took a big risk going…
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SIFF Interview – Matthew Heineman – Cartel Land
Spencer interviews director Matthew Heineman from the documentary Cartel Land at SIFF 2015.
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Episode 239 – DVD Rundown 3-19-2013
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for March 19th, 2013. In this episode they discuss The Hobbit, Bachelorette, Zero Dark Thirty and Badlands.
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Episode 222 – Jessica Chastain
In honor of the release of Mama, Spencer and Greg discuss Jessica Chastain.
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Academy Awards 2013 – Let’s Pick the Winners
Alright, the Academy Award nominations are out. Love them or hate them, they are what they are…we’re not going to worry about snubs at this point. Let’s use our intuition to try and predict what the winners will be from those nominees that are available.
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Film Review – Zero Dark Thirty
There is no question at this point that Kathryn Bigelow is a masterful director. She has already hit the best director/best picture combo at the Academy Awards once for The Hurt Locker, and if the other 2012 film awards that have been coming out thus…
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