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"Hobo with a Shotgun" is a Fun, Satisfying and Comically Violent Urban Western
This review originally appeared as part of Spout's 2011 Sundance coverage, where it shared a post with "The Mill and the Cross." It is being re-posted now that it's on DVD
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"Eat the Sun" is an Extremely Fascinating Doc About the Unebelievable World of Sungazing
Here's an idea for Steven Spielberg: the next "Indiana Jones" movie follows the iconic archaeologist into a new phase of his life where he's founded a sect of Christianity based in part around "sungazing," an ancient practice of staring into the sun daily for an extended period of time as a source of biological and spiritual nourishment. And maybe he's also completely given up eating. Sounds wackier and more unlikely than the fridge-nuking scene, or anything else, in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," right? But truth is of course stranger than fiction, and this is actually part of the amazing new documentary "Eat the Sun,"...
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On DVD: "The Wild Hunt" Entertains, Disturbs, and Will Have You Begging for More
“The Wild Hunt” is a film so creatively conceived and hauntingly executed it will stick with you long after the first viewing. I caught it on the big screen over a year ago in Canada and have been waiting for a good opportunity to share it with American friends ever since. The film is available on DVD starting this week and I’m back in the US, so it seems a good a time as ever to rave. It’s also an oddly appropriate week to bring up “The Wild Hunt” due to the opening of “Trollhunter” in theaters. They’re both wildly entertaining and oddly compelling mash-ups of a number of different genres, unexpected thriller/comedies with singularly inventi...
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"Sanctum": Spelunking for James Cameron
This review was originally posted February 4, 2011. It has been reprinted for the film's home video release.
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"Bobby Fischer Against the World" is Too Much Against Having a Point
"Good at chess, bad at life"
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"Superheroes" Premieres on HBO August 8th!
Add one more superhero blockbuster to your summer movie schedule.
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"Brotherhood" is an Intense Snowball Thriller That Improves on an Earlier Short Film
Adapting short films into features is nothing new, but lately it's seeming more and more common for a short to be produced intentionally as a kind of practice run for a later long-form version. Filmmaker Will Canon may not have completely planned for his award-winning NYU film, "Roslyn," to serve as...
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On DVD: "Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo" is a Captivating Documentary on the Unconquerability of Life
I apparently missed out by not seeing "Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo" on the big screen, or so I am led to believe because it's one of those rare documentaries that is "gorgeous" and "cinematic." Honestly, though, I think it's mainly a good-looking film because of its locations. Not to slight cinematographer Sean Price Williams ("Kati with an I"), who really does do a wonderful job making beetles and other insects look like stunning little movie stars -- he's to bugs what Ernest Haller was to Joan Crawford (yes, I just compared the 'Queen Bee' to insects) -- but the rural scenery of Japan looks no better here than it does in another new doc, "M...
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On DVD: "You Wont Miss Me" is a Harrowing Warning to Aspiring Actors
There’s something oddly compelling about Williamsburg, Brooklyn and its extraordinary population of aspiring creative people. Not that I would call myself a fan of either the neighborhood or its explosion of hipster culture, but at the very least there is an inherently interesting vibe to a communit...
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Also Recommended This Week: "NEDS" and "Cameraman: The Work and Life of Jack Cardiff"
This is a pretty huge week for film openings, quantity-wise, especially on the indie side. I haven't gotten to all the new releases, but I enjoyed nearly everything I saw that comes out today. I'm a huge fan of "Hesher" and "Make Believe" and have some favor for "Everything Must Go" and "City of Li...
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