The young girl has a vision. A knight in shining armor riding a horse in a forest approaches. But the vision ends there. “I never wanted to be rescued,” the woman says much later in life. She is Vivienne Le … Continue reading THE DEAD DON’T HURT
Every moment he felt that … he was drawing nearer and nearer to what terrified him. —Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilyich Ivan Beckman (Danny Huston) is one of those Hollywood agents that earn enough to afford a home in the … Continue reading IVANSXTC.
2014 has seen a slew of post-apocalyptic/futuristic-themed movies, but out of all of them, Ari Folman’s half live-action, half 2-D animation seems the most likely. That doesn’t mean it is great or a particularly good movie, but its prediction seems … Continue reading THE CONGRESS
As the old truism goes, behind every great man is an even greater woman. This was seldom truer than the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville. Hitchcock got his start in the British film industry, drawing title cards and … Continue reading HITCHCOCK
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