“Synecdoche, NY” is a film about a man waiting. Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) waits for his wife and daughter to return from Berlin, for his massive play to be ready, and for something significant to happen in his life. He waits for someone to tell him what he’s doing is good, that it’s worthwhile; [...]
There’s a scene in the first act of Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened?” in which Scott Solomon (Stanley Tucci) pitches his new film idea about a florist to movie producer and focus of the film Ben (De Niro). After some evasive comments, Ben finally tells it to him straight: “It’s not a movie.”
“What Just Happened?” [...]
“When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success,” François Truffaut said, “but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it’s just wonderful.” “Good Dick,” the debut film of Marianna Palka, is funny, poignant, and leaves a wonderful scar.
The film follows the introduction and interaction of [...]
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Beethoven: composer, brilliant molder of melody, famous deaf guy. But for some, he is a giant, furry behemoth that could jump fences better than that “Sandlot” dog and could eat a child whole, though that scene was ultimately excised from the 1992 original film. Yes, the massive dog who held an entire family hostage [...]
Considering his film work over the last twenty years, Mike Leigh’s “Happy-Go-Lucky” seems, at first, uncharacteristic. Since 1993’s “Naked,” Leigh (Vera Drake, All or Nothing) has made intimate, social-realist dramas that explore the struggles of England’s working class and the sprawl of urban decay. “Happy-Go-Lucky” is about a relentlessly optimistic primary school teacher trying to [...]
There’s a scene towards the end of Jonathan Demme’s latest film “Rachel Getting Married” where Kym (Anne Hathaway) joins everyone on the dance floor at the reception. The camera lingers on her, patiently waiting for her to find the rhythm. Just as she does, the song changes and she’s once again dancing out of sync.
This [...]
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More often than not, whenever a remake is announced, people, especially the internet community, rise up with fists and proclaim the injustice, usually elevating the source material to a loftier status that it was originally. But personally, I don’t have much of a problem with remakes, retellings, or even sequels.
Look at the situation from [...]
“Choke,” the second film adaptation of a Chuck Palahniuk novel, was promising. Sam Rockwell (“Snow Angels,” “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”), the film’s lead, has proven himself time and again to be a reliable and interesting actor. Kelly Macdonald was coming straight off of her success as the pitiable Carla Jean Moss in last [...]
Me: you should see Wall-E
it’s incredibly awesome
Meline: i’m going to
heh
Me: he makes my heart destroyed
Meline: in other words….
Me: in other words he is cuter than two babies blowing a puppy
Meline: ah.
I wanted to share this lovely, hilarious bit about The Diving Bell and the Butterfly from A.S. Hamrah, published originally as web content for n+1:
When I saw The Diving Bell and the Butterfly at BAM, in Brooklyn, it was easy to see why it resonated with the local crowd. The subject of this movie is: [...]
