Film Reviews
The Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii)
Brimming with all varieties of life's microcosms far beyond the savvy and appreciation of an initial viewing, the film is a pleasantly tender and rather down-to-earth surprise from surrealist Katsuhito Ishii.
Grant Phipps enjoys...They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Sydney Pollack)
In a time of recession in America, McCoy's novel and Pollack's adapted film may resonate stronger with today's literati and philosophers than it ever has before.
Grant Phipps replies...Bloom (Sean Walsh)
A better than expected adaptation of the famed James Joyce novel.
Dan Schneider rubs the....The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
Kathryn Bigelows intense, economical Iraq war drama is her best since Near Dark.
George Booker reviews...Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Tarantino's ridiculous WWII revenge fantasy is a thing of beauty.
George Booker reviews...2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick)
Seeking a transcendental visual plane and elevating the mysteries of the universe, Kubrick effectively exercises his own timeless presence and secures the film as one for the ages.
Grant Phipps gazes in awe of...Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
Even great artists can totally fail.
Dan Schneider nails....Made in U.S.A (Jean-Luc Godard)
Occupying the figurative and literal place between Godard's more engrossing works, the film is an interesting cinematic collage but ultimately a failed expedition into the avant-garde realm for Godard-completists only.
Grant Phipps attempts to annotate...Maids Of Wilko (Andrzej Wajda)
A good film from an old Polish master.
Dan Schneider eyes....2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (Jean-Luc Godard)
As with many of Godard's brazen mid-late 1960s works, his radical ideologies and directing methods veer into the convoluted and paradoxical, yet they are as intriguing and sacred as they are impenetrable.
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