Film Reviews
Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky)
As the film demonstrates, the turbulence of a fifteenth century Russia aided the foundation of Rublev's artistic vision and perseverance.
Grant Phipps experiences medieval Russia with...Vera Drake (Mike Leigh)
A near great film from an aging auteur.
Dan Schneider looks over....Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman)
A multidimensional take on the trials of youth and parenthood, the film is infused with bold philosophical ideas and incredibly moving performances from Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Bergman.
Grant Phipps recites...Fantastic Mr Fox (Wes Anderson)
Wes Anderson takes on a giant task and well, wins...
Daniel Dylan Wray reviews...A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
The genius of the Coen Brothers' modern allegorical craft is extracting the fantastical and stirring from the monotony of daily routine and habitual faith.
Grant Phipps is...Lost Highway (David Lynch)
A stimulating if wholly confounding jumble, the film finds Lynch simultaneously racing and plodding through the night.
Grant Phipps drives the...Saw VI (Kevin Greutert)
The feel-good movie of year in which a Democratic stranglehold can't push through its own progressive agenda.
REAL reform for America: Jigsaw 2012A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel)
A rag-tag film that fails the 'truth' test, as well as the 'art' test.
Dan Schneider marches over....The Vanishing (George Sluizer)
Sluizer's original 1988 film is an engrossingly elusive psychological and philosophical thriller fused with an innately curious tale of obsession.
Grant Phipps witnesses...Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim)
A selectively sluggish feature with a one-note narrow focus punctuated by still life chapter divisions, the film's techniques manage to permeate target audiences but regrettably emphasize absences as routinely as the intimacies.
Grant Phipps treks the...
