Monthly Archives: July 2011

Love Letter: “Play Time”

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

There’s a wealth of cultural entries into the look-how-bad-modern-life-can-be genre, but I feel like Play Time stands apart. The 1967 film by Jacques Tati is a movie about the world we live in, a world of rules and self-seriousness. Which … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Steven Spielberg’s Filmography

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

I feel in some ways like I’ve made a big mistake. As I stated back when I introed the opening to my weeklong dissection of Scorsese, I started these director-based projects as a way to not only fill in a … Continue reading →

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Splices: “Beginners” (2011)

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

Sometimes the cinematic world seems to collaborate with time and space to find you, teach you, and encourage you in just the way you need.  It’s the magic of movies — of all art, really. And today BEGINNERS and the … Continue reading →

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Splice: “Winnie the Pooh” (2011)

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

It’s really amazing that we’re only two years out from the rather underwhelming Princess and the Frog, Disney’s last major outing into traditional animation. Amazing because while that movie had a ton of problems both story-wise and in the quality … Continue reading →

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Love Letters: “Memento”

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

A polaroid fades out of existence. Blood runs up the walls. The slow realization that what we are seeing is running backwards slowly builds over the opening credits until it all coalesces in a single moment of violence–a gunshot that … Continue reading →

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The Cosmos in a Child’s Eyes: Thoughts on “The Tree of Life”

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

I’m just going to be honest with you here–I’ve been trying for a week to get my thoughts on The Tree of Life into some sort of coherent form so I could share them with you, but so far it’s been … Continue reading →

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LARRY CROWNE: A Defense of Pleasant Films

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

LARRY CROWNE was one of my most-anticipated films of 2011. I love Tom Hanks. I love Julia Roberts. I love romantic comedies (or at least the idea of them). I’m quite fond of Hanks’ first foray into writing and directing, … Continue reading →

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Splices: “The War of the Worlds”

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

Splices are a series of short reaction posts done immediately following the film. They’re an elaboration of the twitter reactions that I often do after watching a film and are similarly off-the-cuff and kneejerk in nature. They’re included here to … Continue reading →

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Splices: “Schindler’s List”

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

At the prompting of erstwhile contributor and personal voice of reason Elizabeth Ditty, I’ve decided that instead of using twitlonger to do my medium length reactions to films post-viewing on twitter, I could use the blog and maybe help funnel … Continue reading →

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Love Letter: “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift”

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Hey everybody. I’m starting what I hope to be a new series on my blog called Love Letter, which is me writing about movies that I feel a personal attachment to and a need to champion. The kind of films … Continue reading →

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