Directed by Marina Zenovich Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind tries to do a little of everything. It's a look at the life and career, from start to finish, of comedian Robin Williams. It's an interesting look at the comedian turned celebrity's career, but it's hard to differentiate this from any number of celebrity documentaries … Continue reading Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
Month: November 2018
Starship Troopers (1997)
Directed by Paul Verhoeven Starship Troopers only borrowed the name from the science-fiction book written by Edward Neumeier after similarities between that book and the screenplay, originally titled Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine. Director Paul Verhoeven couldn't read more than a few chapters of the Neumeier book, saying it made him "bored and depressed." Verhoeven later explained … Continue reading Starship Troopers (1997)
High Noon (1952)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann High Noon takes place over the course of a tense but mostly uneventful 90 minutes, at least until the expected gunfight which ends the film. The story concerns a freshly married, newly retired Marshal, Will Kane (Gary Cooper), whose sense of duty compels him to stay on the job just a … Continue reading High Noon (1952)
Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Directed by David Lowery Pete's Dragon would seem to be an unlikely follow up to David Lowery's 2013 film Ain't Them Bodies Saints, not to mention an unlikely precursor to 2017's A Ghost Story. This is a straight up Disney fable, a big-budget movie about a CGI dragon while those other two are small, independent arthouse films … Continue reading Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Boomerang! (1947)
Directed by Elia Kazan Rationality is on full display in Elia Kazan's Boomerang!, a film about the quick conviction and acquittal (due to matters of politics and convenience) of a man accused of murder. The hero here is prosecutor Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews), a young man with sudden political aspirations after the powers that be … Continue reading Boomerang! (1947)
The Candidate (1972)
Directed by Michael Ritchie "What do we do now?" Bill McKay (Robert Redford) is the young handsome Democratic nominee for Senator in the state of California. He is chosen by Marvin Lucas (Peter Boyle) to run an unwinnable race against sitting Senator Crocker Jarmon (Don Porter), and because it seems all but certain he will … Continue reading The Candidate (1972)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Directed by Alain Resnais The world of Last Year at Marienbad is constructed before our eyes. Like with Charlie Kauffman's Synecdoche, New York (2008) we watch the environment unravel and expand as the movie unfolds. It's near impossible to tell what is "real" or fabricated because for us to know that we would have to understand the … Continue reading Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Mandy (2018)
Directed by Panos Costamos Mandy is a lean and mean revenge thriller, light on plot but heavy on motivation. Like with John Wick the need for revenge is made clear with only a few storytelling beats, however the film takes its time getting there, choosing instead to emphasize the acid trip of a world created for … Continue reading Mandy (2018)
Charade (1963)
Directed by Stanley Donen Charade was released to a shell-shocked audience a month after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. To some it might've felt suddenly outdated, the bankable Hollywood stars and happy ending proving to be out of touch with an increasingly grim reality, and to others it might've been a soothing sense of … Continue reading Charade (1963)
Chappaquiddick (2017)
Directed by John Curran Go read the youtube comments under the trailer for Chappaquiddick, it's quite strange and eye-opening, not to the way things are but the disparate narratives people can pull from the same thing. I didn't view this as a movie about politics but rather about power, privilege and little else. The top comments on … Continue reading Chappaquiddick (2017)
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