It’s All True
So much has been written on the films of Orson Welles, finished and unfinished, that it hardly seems necessary to contribute to that discussion at all. But having revisited It’s… Read more »
Booksmart
Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart (2019) tells the coming of age story of two best friends, Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein), on the eve of their high school graduation. And,… Read more »
Elaine May
It seems that film history is finally being amended to accurately represent the contributions of women filmmakers. People like Shelley Stamp are working very hard to draw critical attention to… Read more »
The Linguini Incident
Is the new bartender Monte a secret agent? Is he a human cannonball? Is he a fugitive from England? These are the questions the waitresses ask themselves at the opening… Read more »
The Last Movie
“Everybody wants a piece of your birthday cake/Fingers in the frosting, everybody wants to take/if you give an arm you can bet they’re gonna take a leg/living on this world… Read more »
The Niklashausen Journey
As is often observed, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s filmography, consisting of forty feature films, makes it difficult to critically appraise all of his films. Many times films are either over looked… Read more »
Listen To Me Marlon
“Executed in 1966, Double Marlon is a celebration of a male icon. Warhol has placed the double image of Marlon Brando, taken from his highly influential and controversial 1953 movie… Read more »
Captain America: Civil War
This review was first published during the original release of this film. Captain America: Civil War was the most boring spectacle I had ever witnessed on the big screen. My… Read more »
Sissi
In Ardmore, not far from the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, is a video store called Viva Video: The Last Picture Store. This is one of the last proper video stores… Read more »
The Last Bolshevik
Chris Marker’s The Last Bolshevik (1992) presents itself as a film about Soviet filmmaker Alexander Medvedkin (best known for the feature film Happiness), but if one goes beyond its promotional… Read more »
