80: Son of Rambow (2007)
One of the first Netflix reviews of Son of Rambow begins “OH MY. WHAT A DELIGHT!” Can’t argue with that! Or you could, but why would you want to? In all seriousness, this is one of the most...
View Article81: Tiny Furniture (2010)
Few movies have left me as confused as Tiny Furniture, a meandering portrait of pampered post-college ennui. Not that there’s much to puzzle out about the story, such as it is: Aura (writer-director...
View Article82: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
I tried to watch this movie several years ago but I only made it about halfway through, not because I didn’t like it but because I wasn’t watching it alone, so my attention was, shall we say, engaged...
View Article83: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
Remember this one? That’s right, you don’t. Even though it was the movie that brought Brad and Angie together OMG?? Nope, still nothing. Why would I even subject myself to this? Every time I saw it...
View Article84: Innocent Blood (1992)
So this was a fun little surprise! I only put this on my queue because I missed it at the vampire movie festival at BAM last fall, and it really is just a bit of fun, but there’s not a thing wrong with...
View Article85: Batman Returns (1992)
If, like me, you grew up with the Batman movie franchise*, you’ll understand why I have a hard time being objective about these movies. I will go on record as having LOVED the horrible Joel Schumacher...
View Article86: The Tree of Life (2011)
Could I have picked a more daunting movie with which to revive my blog? I should’ve just gone with Enter the Void and been done with it. It really is as difficult to summarize as you’ve heard, not...
View Article87: Midnight in Paris (2011)
One of my friends likes to say, when he’s particularly enamored with a play or a movie, “I want to live in that.” What I love about Midnight in Paris is that in telling the story of a man who...
View Article88: The Trip (2011)
A gentleman friend and I were pregaming at a cute West Village bar before going to see The Trip last week, and when it turned out he didn’t know anything about it, I summarized it thusly: “Two guys...
View Article89: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
I’d been meaning to catch The Thomas Crown Affair for a long time — having seen bits of the watered-down 1999 remake on TV, I’d always assumed that the original would be stylish, sexy, and full of the...
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