Okay, so obviously the Oscars aren’t the end-all-be-all of cinema. A movie can be great without being an Oscar movie; a movie can be nominated for Best Picture and can subjectively be considered shit. Sometimes the Academy gets it right,…
Women in Film Wednesday: Marie Antoinette
People have grossly misunderstood Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette and what it’s really about. It seems as if everyone becomes history buffs after seeing this film, calling foul about the lack of accuracy or reliance on textbook research, believing that Coppola should…
Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ Has a Trailer
Tim Burton is known for making films filled with surrealistic and gothic touches. We all love him; he did, after all, make the very first Batman film, which we all still carry in our hearts. His last movie, 2012’s Frankenweenie,…
Tribeca Film Festival 2013 Interview: Filmmakers of Documentary Teenage
At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival I was lucky enough to speak with the creators of the documentary Teenage, director Matt Wolf, the groundbreaking punk author Jon Savage, and producer Jason Schwartzman. The film documents how the concept of the…