Birdman was the boffo Hollywood navel-gazing opus par excellence—the sort of thing the Academy just can’t resist. I’m […]
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“I think she’s bipolar, or lactose intolerant, one of the two.” — Jack Brennan, Calvary What could be […]
Hello there. You are now witnesses to a kind of confrontation between me and these three men. And […]
“It was obviously intended as a comedy, but there is little comic about it, and indeed the movie’s […]
“This police department here in Philadelphia could invade Cuba,” Mayor Frank Rizzo told reporters. “What I’m saying is […]
Indie and art house film has always extended the possibility of artistic freedom—at least as much as it’s […]
Americans are awash in wine. We sniff it, eyeball it, drink it. We bathe in it.[1] It is […]
It is the fate of the cult movie to be ahead of its time. One thinks of David […]