Excalibur
Excalibur (1981) is filmmaker John Boorman’s greatest accomplishment as a stylist. Every frame practically functions as its own lavishly designed set-piece. Boorman has condensed Thomas Malory’s Arthurian epic to one-hundred… Read more »
Excalibur (1981) is filmmaker John Boorman’s greatest accomplishment as a stylist. Every frame practically functions as its own lavishly designed set-piece. Boorman has condensed Thomas Malory’s Arthurian epic to one-hundred… Read more »
In anticipation of Greta Gerwig’s summer event movie Barbie (2023) I couldn’t help but think about Small Soldiers (1998). Joe Dante’s satirical masterpiece was conceived for the sake of Burger… Read more »
One always hopes that while watching a film, one experiences a sort of revelation as a result of some cinematic innovation, at least from a critical perspective. But in the… Read more »
This evening I watched Hartley’s 2001 offering No Such Thing. Unlike Hartley’s most popular films, which deal with relationships and quirky characters, this film was much more overtly philosophical and… Read more »