— by KYLA DREWETTE — Canadian indie-rock band The Arcade Fire have collaborated with director Chris Milk and Google to create a short film/music video that only the internet could deliver. Titled “The Wilderness Downtown,” the interactive video is a truly unique web experience that combines animation, Google Maps, live-action video, The Arcade Fire’s “We […][...]
Under Review: ‘The American’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — George Clooney, who usually uses his physical appearance and inborn charisma, makes a very different and thus perplexing turn as Jack in “The American.” The film ironically won’t please or entertain most American audiences, simply because we, as Americans, are simply less interested in constricted cinema, which isn’t necessarily a […][...]
Under Review: ‘A Small Act’
— by BEV QUESTAD — Preparing homework by candlelight, living without electricity, and intermittently missing school to harvest coffee beans, Kimani has still been the top student at a rural elementary school in Kenya where a little bell is rung by hand to begin classes each day. Then there is the disruptive bloody rebellion after […][...]
Under Review: ‘Machete’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — It took a sick imagination, critical acclaim for the film’s faux-trailer beginnings in “Grindhouse,” and time away from directing garbage such as “Shorts” for Robert Rodriguez to finally get off his butt and finally helm “Machete,” the film that finally makes the Rodriguez name worth mentioning again, following disasters such […][...]
The Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2010
— by ALEXA MILAN — It’s that time of year again — fall blockbusters, Oscar hopefuls and the so-so films leading up to them. Summer 2010 has amounted to a rather weak tentpole season for movies, so I was initially a little worried the same would be true of the fall. But after perusing the […][...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Nowhere Boy’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I’ve never thought of any of the Beatles as having once been children; I always assumed they just sprang onto Earth as fully-formed musical gods. But “Nowhere Boy” challenges my theory as it presents a dramatic look at the childhood of John Lennon. As far as celebrity biopics go, “Nowhere […][...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Unstoppable’
— by CHRIS HYATT — This is the space where I would normally go into some long-winded intro that drops hints at the plot and sets the tone for the rest of the piece. For “Unstoppable,” I don’t have to do that for one simple reason: Denzel Washington. Why do I say that? Allow me […][...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics’
— by CAM SMITH — Despite having spent the last decade struggling to establish itself as a mainstream-friendly cinematic brand-name in line with its rival Marvel, DC Comics looks to be finally on track towards correcting past mistakes and striking while the superhero movie craze is still Firestorm-hot. While Batman and Superman haven’t been want […][...]
Short Film Theater: ‘Last Stop’
— by BEV QUESTAD — Ooooooooh … beautiful Monica Pena, 2005 Bachelorette for D Magazine, is transformed into a woman almost (but not enough!) destroyed. The humiliation of being the subject of abuse has stripped her of her happiness, her hopes and the fabric of her beauty – but not her outrage. “You’ve stolen my […][...]