Posts Tagged ‘Roadside Attractions’
SIFF Interview – Hiroyuki Sanada – Mr. Holmes
Spencer interviews actor Hiroyuki Sanada from the drama Mr. Holmes at SIFF 2015.
READ MORESIFF Interview – Atticus Ross – Love & Mercy
Spencer interviews composer Atticus Ross from the biographical drama Love & Mercy at SIFF 2015.
READ MORESXSW Film Review – Love & Mercy
Love & Mercy tells the story of Brian Wilson, a member of The Beach Boys and the creative genius behind their hits. The film jumps from one point in Brian Wilson’s life in the 1960s (played by Paul Dano) to Wilson in the 1980s (played by…
READ MOREFilm Review – Mommy
In the past few years, a handful of films are experimental, pushing the industry into new territories. Many films try to do this, but do not have much meaning or substance to back up its adventurous takes on film making. Mommy is a French Canadian…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Homesman
All of the mythologizing of the American West that has occurred in movies over the years has been focused on men. The romantic view of the cool solitary figure casually rolling a cigarette with one hand while herding 100 head of cattle while majestically staring…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – Dear White People
Prestigious (and fictional) Winchester University has a race problem. It’s something the administration doesn’t want to admit, but is forced to deal with when a group of white students throw a Halloween party where they let loose their “inner negro.” Ripped from the headlines! (I…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – The Skeleton Twins
It’s kind of remarkable. Saturday Night Live alumni from the 21st century have been showing up in films where they’ve created some really strong character work as of late. If you look at the recent work of Andy Samberg in Celeste and Jesse Forever or…
READ MORESXSW Film Review – Joe
We all know the Nicolas Cage memes and have seen the random photos of him looking disheveled out and about. The past few years have not brought Cage any critical acclaim or public fervor since 2010’s Kick-Ass. There is reason to be critical of going…
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