His life was about noise until it wasn’t. Heavy metal music, to be specific, and he is Ruben (Riz Ahmed), the drummer and half of the band, Backgammon. His cymbal crashes are shattering, and his beats are pulsating. His girlfriend, … Continue reading SOUND OF METAL
Living off the Southern English coast of Lyme Regis, Mary (Kate Winslet) toils in obscurity. If she were a man, she would be a renowned paleontologist, but this is 1840, and Mary’s discoveries are sold to famous museums so she … Continue reading AMMONITE
There’s always been a cult of celebrity surrounding movie directors. At least, once movies became commercial. Take Charlie Chaplin: He started as a star working for Mack Sennett but then wanted artistic freedom. So, he started working for himself. Audience-goers … Continue reading KUBRICK BY KUBRICK
Geoffrey is not Geoffrey.” Well, on the outside, Geoffrey is Geoffrey, but Elizabeth (Brooke Adams) knows something’s off with her husband. It’s a spousal sixth sense: They can tell with a simple hug if you’re happy or sad, anxious or … Continue reading INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
The Yi family has come to Arkansas. Immigrants from Korea by way of California, they’ve relocated in hopes of discovering the American Dream. What exactly that dream will look like is still a mystery to everyone but father Jacob (Steven … Continue reading MINARI
His name is Martin Eden (Luca Marinelli), and he calls no nation home. He’s a sailor by trade—the kind mothers warn their daughters about: tall, dark, and handsome with a few roguish scars and a spectacular head of hair. He’s … Continue reading MARTIN EDEN
Neither wind nor rain nor sleet nor snow stopped the Denver Film Festival before—though the blizzard of 1997 tried when it dropped 21 inches and shut the city down. That year Jack Palance received DFF’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the … Continue reading The Best is Yet to Come: Dispatches from the 43rd Denver Film Festival
On Tuesday, Oct. 20, TCM’s Women Make Film series continues with episode eight of Mark Cousins’ docuseries Women Make Film: A New Road Film Through Cinema. The themes of the night’s programming: home, religion and work. Encompassing all three themes—but … Continue reading HOMELAND OF ELECTRICITY (Родина электричества)
Tall and lean, Jimmy Ringo’s come to town. His pants are ill-fitting and his jacket is a little shabby. His mustache is dumpy and that bowl cut sure isn’t making the women swoon. But the men are in awe. “Hiya, … Continue reading THE GUNFIGHTER
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