The Discreet Wonder and Triumphant Majesty of Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life

In a small Austrian church hidden in the mountains, a wizened painter lifts brush to marble, restoring life and color to the frescos adorning the walls. He pauses and gazes upwards towards the gold-framed murals on the roof, designed to…

SXSW Review: ‘Song to Song’ Comes Off As One Note

Terrence Malick is not known for playing it safe. His avant-garde style has been a dichotomizing force among film critics for over a decade. He marches to the beat of his own drum, but recently that beat has been repetitive…

Movie Review: Voyage of Time (Life’s Journey, The IMAX Experience)

Somewhere between his debut feature Badlands and this year’s Knight of Cups, Terrence Malick peeled conventional narrative from his films; his work became unashamedly naked. Malick’s new modest opus, Voyage of Time, is a radical diversion not simply because it’s his…

Movie Review: The Vessel

I should have known going into this movie that any association with Terrence Malick (Executive Producer), usually means I’ll be seeing an obscure and confusing movie. The Vessel is just that (Directed by Julio Quintana), it has Malick’s prints all…

Movie Review: Knight of Cups

In the Major Arcana of tarot cards, the Knight of Cups has duplicitous meanings depending on how you draw it. The Knight of Cups is a person who is a bringer of ideas, opportunities and offers. He is constantly bored…

Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups Has A New Trailer

From the expanse of the Badlands, to the naturally lit wheat fields on an industrialized farm, Terrence Malick has made some of the most visually arresting, soul-stirring, and thematically profound films ever made. In recent years, Malick has shifted his…

Ten Movies To Watch While Waiting for Vampire Academy

To say I’m excited for Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters is a massive understatement. As a huge fan of Richelle Mead’s entertaining and unique vampire YA series, I can’t wait to see it come to life on the big screen. But…