Westerns have certainly come roaring back. It’s rather ironic, because they tend to embrace elements that many of us find repugnant (or should anyway). Classic westerns tend to be about the mighty white man who conquers nature, women, villains, and…
Movie Review: The Phenom — Trauma and healing on the baseball diamond
Usually films revolving around patient-psychiatrist relationships climax with a shouting match. The patient, weary enough to let their emotional guard down, lashes out. Sometimes it’s toward the psychiatrist. Sometimes it’s toward themselves. And like a fencer spotting an opening, the…
Movie Review: Maggie’s Plan
Doing screwball comedy isn’t easy. The timing has got to not only be perfect, but the joke itself has got to match the precise moment it is being delivered. Not just that, but the delivery has got to match the…
2016 Tribeca Film Festival: The Phenom
The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival saw its fair share of first time filmmakers as well as returning and well experienced actors and directors. In an eclectic ensemble of actors, writers and directors, The Phenom stars Ethan Hawke and Paul Giamatti…
Ethan Hawke talks Born to be Blue
If there was ever any doubt about Ethan Hawke’s ability to act, its gone by the time you watch Born to Be Blue, a biopic about Chet Baker’s life and career, courtesy of Québecois director Robert Budreau. Whenever you have…
Movie Review: Born to be Blue
Jazz is a complicated, complex music genre that never really adheres to conventions. Often dynamic, rarely predictable, Jazz musicians lived their lives in the same tempo as their music. Sometimes fast and loose, other times slow and somber. Chet Baker’s…
Best performances in a Richard Linklater film
Richard Linklater is known for being a jump start for careers-just look at Matthew McConaughey! With a knack for also building working relationships with actors, he’s a great director to work with when you’re just starting out. With his newest…