Monthly Archives: January 2012

Criterion Cuts: “Cléo from 5 to 7″

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Hello and welcome to the latest installment of Criterion Cuts, the weekly article where I dig into the archives of everyone’s favorite foreign/art house home video distribution company and unearth some obscurity and tell you just why it might be worth … Continue reading →

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Review: “The Grey”

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

Note on reviews: I try not to spoil what I would consider major plot revelations in any of my reviews, but I do like to talk about movies in a way that would be meaningful to someone who has seen … Continue reading →

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Review: “Shame”

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Note on reviews: I try not to spoil what I would consider major plot revelations in any of my reviews, but I do like to talk about movies in a way that would be meaningful to someone who has seen … Continue reading →

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Directed Viewing: Paul Thomas Anderson and “Hard Eight”

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Welcome to the first season (we’re calling them seasons now?) of Directed Viewing for 2012. If you haven’t seen the previous season, Directed Viewing is a series of articles that takes a look at a particular filmmaker by watching their … Continue reading →

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Criterion Cuts: “Salesman” and thoughts on documentaries

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Hello and welcome to the latest installment of Criterion Cuts, the weekly article where I dig into the archives of everyone’s favorite foreign/art house home video distribution company and unearth some obscurity and tell you just why it might be worth … Continue reading →

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Review: “The Artist”

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Note on reviews: I try not to spoil what I would consider major plot revelations in any of my reviews, but I do like to talk about movies in a way that would be meaningful to someone who has seen … Continue reading →

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Review: “Haywire”

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Note on reviews: I try not to spoil what I would consider major plot revelations in any of my reviews, but I do like to talk about movies in a way that would be meaningful to someone who has seen … Continue reading →

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Light Bondage: “From Russia With Love”

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Bond, James Bond. For fifty years that has been the cinematic calling card of one of films most enduring heroes. Sure, Bond was born in books, but it was through film that he became a household name and one of … Continue reading →

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Directed Viewing Redux: Spielberg, “War Horse,” and the New Earnestness

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Of all the Directed Viewing projects I’ve done so far, Spielberg has easily been the most difficult to summarize. Maybe it’s the mainstreamness of his films, or the lack of authorial intent, but by the time I was finished catching … Continue reading →

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Directed Viewing Redux: Scorsese Revisited, “Hugo” Mulled Over

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

Hey everyone, welcome to what is going to serve as a supplement to a prior Directed Viewing. Early last year, I wrote a long, multi-part series of articles on Martin Scorsese (parts one two three four and five) that served … Continue reading →

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