Click here for our exclusive sit-down with the Dancing Damsel herself, Greta Gerwig! Damsels in Distress makes the long waited, and somewhat anticipated return of Whit Stillman to writing/directing. The last time he made a film was 1998’s The Last Days of Disco. Stillman has always been known for his, pardon the pun, witty writing style and character development; and Damsels … [Read more...] about Damsels in Distress
Archives for April 2012
In the Land of Blood and Honey
"The world is watching." Swift shot: Tragic, compelling and sensually intense. This is Angelina Jolie's directorial debut; she wrote, directed and produced In the Land of Blood and Honey as a wake-up call for all of us to remember the horrors of war and to never be complacent with atrocities. Real people suffered in the 90's in war-torn Eastern Europe, and there … [Read more...] about In the Land of Blood and Honey
A Dangerous Method
“Freud’s obsession with sex has to do with the fact that he never gets any.” The H-Bomb: One would think that A Dangerous Method, a film about how early twentieth-century psychologists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud developed “The Talking Cure,” or psychoanalysis, would be the ideal marriage of director and material. After all, many of Canadian auteur David … [Read more...] about A Dangerous Method
Overnight
"The entire universe is a symphony." Swift shot: Another quirky little flight-of-fancy from Writer/Director Valerie Breiman, stacked with some life-lessons and philosophical questions on faith, love and all that lies in between. I wasn't laughing the whole flight, but there were certainly enough carefully crafted scenes that earned a chuckle or two and one … [Read more...] about Overnight
The Cabin in the Woods
Review by Alyn Darnay Directed by: Drew Goddard Cast: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford Let’s start this review by saying “The Cabin In The Woods” is one of the best horror films to come around in the past few years, probably not since the original Scream (1996), and I became an instant … [Read more...] about The Cabin in the Woods