REVIEW: 色, 戒 [Lust, Caution] [2007]
“I have a mission” I can’t stand American film distributors and how they handle foreign films. With their money-scheming minds, they give us movie trailers without any dialogue, trying their best to...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Naked Kiss [1964]
“You want a medal?” Here it is, my first foray into Samuel Fuller’s world of pulp, The Naked Kiss. I still don’t quite know what my feelings are. When the ending credits rolled, I was a bit...
View ArticleDESIGN: Twin Peaks – The Black Lodge
Titled “The Birds Sing a Pretty Song”, any fan of the show “Twin Peaks” should be intimately familiar with the Black Lodge. Looking to create an identity/logo that mimicked hotel/lodging locales, I...
View ArticleTIFF12 REVIEW: Ahí va el diablo [Here Comes the Devil] [2013]
“Frightened eyes never lie” If ever a horror film begged for multiple viewings, Ahí va el diablo [Here Comes the Devil] makes a good case. In fact, until a little over halfway through I was completely...
View ArticleREVIEW: Top of the Lake, Parts 1-3 [2013]
“You know, you were my first kiss. Was I yours?” A young boy on a bus—this is the indelible mark left by the first three episodes of Jane Campion and Gerard Lee‘s miniseries Top of the Lake and it...
View ArticleREVIEW: RoboCop [1987]
“The future has a silver lining” It started with a passing thought by screenwriter Edward Neumeier as he walked by a poster for Blade Runner—a movie his friend explained was about a “cop hunting...
View ArticleREVIEW: How to Save Us [2014]
“Have you seen mom and dad yet since they’ve died?” A plague has decimated Tasmania to the point where everyone is either dead or evacuated. Everyone but Sam Everett (Coy Jandreau), the youngest of...
View ArticleREVIEW: P’tit Quinquin [Li’l Quinquin] [2014]
“The dung flies are afraid of moo cows” Comparisons to “Twin Peaks” are easy when it comes to Bruno Dumont’s miniseries P’tit Quinquin [Li’l Quinquin] because there’s definitely an evil running wild...
View ArticleREVIEW: Blue Velvet [1986]
“Now it’s dark” After finding critical and commercial success with The Elephant Man—earning his first Oscar nominations for directing and screenplay—David Lynch became bankable enough to mount what...
View ArticleREVIEW: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [1992]
“And the angels wouldn’t help you cause they’ve all gone away” Without European money, American auteur David Lynch wouldn’t have many features to his name. His style isn’t necessarily conducive to our...
View ArticleREVIEW: Unknown [2006]
“He must be tied up for a reason” Here is a little known film that never reached theatres in Buffalo, despite its all-star cast of talented actors. When you have guys like Jim Caviezel, Greg Kinnear,...
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