BLINDSPOT: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000)
When you think of the connections you share with other people there are many words we use to describe the varying level of that connection. It can be intimate, friendly, kin-like, or even as small…
TOP TEN FILMS OF 1996
In February I posted my Top Ten Films of 1997 and having previously done the years of 98, 99 all the way up to the present (even including my mid-year Top Ten for 2013 [damn…
HATE WATCHING: A GENRE OR CINEMATIC CUTTING
Almost two years ago I wrote about movies so bad people find them entertaining, but something seems to have changed. With the sudden phenomenon that is live tweeting certain films that make what would be…
THE SIDNEY LUMET SYLLABUS
So far I’ve completed my John Cassavetes, John Ford and Pedro Almodovar marathons. Today I feel the need to return to the US for cinematic discovery and turn to a filmmaker who I know of somewhat,…
PEDRO ALMODOVAR: A PAINTER THAT PICKED UP A CAMERA
Over the last few months of the summer so far, while the blockbuster season has been relatively kind to me, I’ve been spending it with Pedro Almodovar. With my current disposition to be marathoning through filmmaker’s…