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Film » Feature
Written by Bob Davidson
June 09, 2009  0
The tension surrounding the immigration debate has been the launching point for many filmmakers in recent years. Film such as In America, In Between Days, Fast Food Nation and the recently released Sin Nombre all tackle the numerous obstacles of immigrant travel and (non) assimilation. First time director/writer Courtney Hunt...
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Film » Feature
Written by Bob Davidson
May 19, 2009 0
Coffee shops are quite misleading. What appears to be a small and innocent space setup to enjoy your favorite beverage is often overshadowed by your friendly neighborhood “loud talker”. I typically spend a portion of each day in such a venue inevitably seeing and hearing more about other people’s...
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Film » Feature
Written by Thom
May 13, 2009 0
Feature Film
| Title | Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed |
| Director | Nathan Frankowski |
Thinking about the relationship between power and knowledge causes me to consider whether or not we are truly free to ascertain the knowledge that shapes our reality. One way to consider this is to wrestle with how knowledge is created. In Expelled:No Intelligence Allowed, we are taken on an exploratory ride into...
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Film » Feature
Written by Eric Kuiper
May 01, 2009 0
Feature Film
| Title | Sunecdoche, New York |
| Director | Charlie Kaufman |
No one creates films quite like Charlie Kaufman. Best known for his screenplay for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kaufman constructs stories filled with strange details that demand his audience suspend their disbelief. This doesn’t make Kaufman unique, many of the films we watch every year do the same...
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Film » Spot
Written by Matt Browning
March 31, 2009 0
Spot
| Title | Chalk |
| Director | Mark Romanek |
| Type | Advertisement |
Maybe you don't find your hands sweating as much at work as an NBA star, but it would still be cool to start off each work day by pouring talcum powder into your hands and ceremoniously throwing it into the air. Not to mention doing so over top of a...
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Film » Feature
Written by Rob Hankins
February 21, 2009 0
"You gotta give ‘em hope" is Harvey Milk's mantra throughout Gus Van Sant's biopic of the San Francisco politician/gay rights activist. Despite the film's tragic and looming ending, it is difficult not to walk away from the film filled with the hope that Sean Penn's character spreads to everyone he...
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Film » Feature
Written by Brandon Dorn
February 20, 2009 0
Shock value in art is generally something I frown upon because, if for no other reason, it is a cheap attempt to elicit a visceral response from the audience. There is superficial shock effect, as might be seen in a low budget horror movie or an absurdly avant-garde flick (see:...
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Film » Feature
Written by David Swanson
February 18, 2009 0
What if Conan O'Brien landed a series of interviews with former President George W. Bush? And what if, towards the end of hours of slightly interesting political banter, the president admitted that there had been no real evidence to go to war with Iraq? Such an implausible scenario is precisely...
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Film » Feature
Written by Bob Davidson
February 16, 2009 0
Over the years, Hollywood has managed to condition the viewer with particular movie-going expectations. We expect to be entertained. We expect a good story. And we expect that story to have resolution. In the Oscar-nominated film Doubt, writer/director John Patrick Shanley goes against this notion of a nicely wrapped Hollywood...
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Film » Feature
Written by Eric Kuiper
February 05, 2009 0
James Marsh's documentary Man On Wire is captivating on many fronts. The film tells the story of the French, high-wire-walker, Philippe Petit's illegal performance between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974.
First, there is the Ocean's 11-like scheming, planning and executing of the long planned performance. Or,...
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