Life, in Alex Garland’s Annihilation, his follow up to Ex Machina, is a ponderous, methodical, and unbalanced matter. Natalie Portman’s Lena, vacant and distant, states that the mystical “shimmer” isn…
Interview: Benny and Josh Safdie for ‘Good Time’
They’re here for a good time, but also hopefully a long time: We talk with brothers Josh Safdie (co-writer/co-director) and Benny Safdie (co-director/actor) about their film Good Time, starring …
Interview: Quentin Tarantino brings ‘The Hateful Eight’ 70mm Roadshow Down Under
Like the movies he creates, Quentin Tarantino is larger than life. Any real cinephile needs no introduction to the auteur. I’ve had the pleasure twice now to talk with this genuine top bloke. Yo…
Movie Review: Anomalisa
Finding himself at odds with the world around him, despite all visages of a successful and happy life in place, Michael (David Thewlis) experiences a night of an internalized existential crisis. Stric…
Movie Review: ‘The Hateful Eight’
Quentin Tarantino, the only contemporary director of a blaxploitation film, a samurai movie and a Nazi revenge fantasy, baptizes his audiences in blood, rebirthing them through vengeance. But what’s m…
Jon’s Movie Review: “Welcome to Me” is More Than Inviting
I’ve unabashedly fantasized about what it would be like to win the lottery and what I would do with my money. After taking the obligatory Scrooge McDuckian swim in a pool of gold, I’ll pro…