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The Master
At the end of World War II, Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix; Walk The Line) isn’t quite sure what to do with himself. A couple of real world temp jobs don’t work out, but Freddie’s talent for making his own liquor soon attracts the attention of ambitious renaissance man Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman; Synecdoche, New [...]
How To Survive A Plague
Too often, movies about HIV/AIDS fall into the same trap. They treat the disease as something terrifying and tragic, which it is, but it’s the way in which they present it. They take a passive stance, as if to say “aww, isn’t it so sad that this happens?” It is. It’s terrible that HIV/AIDS exists [...]
Game of Thrones: Season Two
Easily one of the greatest cable television shows of all time, Game of Thrones is a prime example of a fantasy series done right. Sprung from the mind of George R.R. Martin and his novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones is a true tour de force, with its incredible cast, [...]
Small Apartments
After having a major misstep with 2009′s Horsemen, legendary music video director Jonas Åkerlund has returned to much more familiar territory with his new film, Small Apartments. Much like his first feature film, 2002′s Spun, Small Apartments deals with characters that lie on the outer fringes of society. Based on a novella that was written [...]
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
On February 19, 2013, the seminal Douglas Fairbanks fantasy-adventure, The Thief of Bagdad (1924), debuts on Blu-ray from The Cohen Film Collection, with a stunning, pristine transfer restored from two 35mm prints, preserving the color tinting of the film’s original release prints. It’s every bit the flawless presentation such a wildly impressive feat of fine [...]
The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Musicals
Warner Bros. is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year with the release of a series of expansive box sets highlighting 50 and 100 of the best/most celebrated films the studio’s ever released, 20 Academy Award-winning Best Pictures, adaptations of Superman on television, and selections of the studio’s output in the genres of romance and the [...]
A Simple Life
Hong Kong veteran director Ann Hui brings together two of its major stars, Deanie Ip and Andy Lau, for a very warm-hearted drama that is sure to please everyone. On February 26, 2013, Well Go USA will release A Simple Life on DVD and Blu-Ray. Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs, House Of Flying Daggers, numerous others) [...]
Io Racconto: The Literature of Pier Paolo Pasolini
After recently reviewing Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Ragazzi di Vita, the poet/writer/director’s first novel, on my blog, I decided to dust off (and polish) this essay I wrote on Pasolini some time ago. In “Io Racconto,” I examine the dense Trilogy of Life– ‘The Decameron’, ‘Canterbury Tales’, and ‘Arabian Nights’– as the literary vehicles Pasolini uses for his [...]
Tribeca 2012: Town of Runners
In Bekoji, Ethiopia, running is a way of life. Over the past two decades this small, rural town has been the unlikely home to numerous Olympic champion long-distance runners, whose athletic success has paved the way for young Ethiopians searching for a better life. Among the current group training under renowned coach Sentayehu Eshetu (whose [...]
Tribeca 2012: War Witch (Rebelle)
Witch: a woman claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery. Powerful, haunting and compelling, as is magic, War Witch beautifully captures a story about an African teenager trying to find a way to live and to love her unborn child while the taste of abhorrent crimes is still fresh and the gaping [...]
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