Review: ‘You Kill Me’
Since director John Dahl’s early successes in neo-noir — Kill Me Again, Red Rock West and the brilliant The Last …
Category Archives: Black Eye
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
In concerts, singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley used to self-deprecatingly announce that he was going to play “another twisted love song” in …
The Point of Torture Porn
Almost five years ago, a screener tape of Gasper Noe’s Irreversible landed in my year-end review pile. The film was …
Zombies and Viruses
Novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland apparently has issues with the individual finding a place of security in a nightmarish world. …
Where Are the Girls of Summer?
We’ve been told quite often that behind every great man there’s a woman. This summer it seems that even if …
Head Games
Seven years ago, Christopher Nolan introduced audiences to a very special amnesiac named Leonard (Guy Pearce) in Memento. Leonard lacked …
The Force Be With Him
Barely two sentences into my phone interview with actor Ioan Gruffudd and his thickly sweet accent has disrupted my concentration …
A Performance of Beauty
Maurice (Peter O’Toole) is a highly regarded, aging British actor in a familiar, Odd Couple-esque relationship with Ian (Leslie Phillips), …
Black Gold
With the announcement of the 79th Annual Academy Award nominees Jan. 23, globalization seemingly emerged as the signature issue spurring …
Scent & Sensibilities
How often has a film attempted to seriously stir our olfactory perceptions, to connect us to the power, the very …
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