Directed by Taika Waititi Taika Waititi's movies have such an appealing innocence. His characters, often children, learn perhaps obvious but nevertheless valuable lessons, as is the case with most coming of age films, and I think his young, bold protagonists highlight something similar within all of us, albeit a confidence that has been battered and … Continue reading JoJo Rabbit (2019)
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Vice (2018)
Directed by Adam McKay Okay, so a biopic can frame its subject in two ways, it seems: First is a traditional start to finish marathon, starting with the subject's youth and charting their rise until we get to the end. The second is a more narrow focus of an important moment in the subject's life, … Continue reading Vice (2018)
Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
Directed by Susanna White Woman Walks Ahead has good intentions, but it tries to push upon us a story we've seen before. The specifics of Catherine Weldon's (Jessica Chastain) journey out west to paint a portrait of a Native American Chief (Michael Greyeyes) might be unique, but the movie boils it all down into the … Continue reading Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
Blaze (2018)
Directed by Ethan Hawke Blaze is a biopic about a musician not many people have heard of. In interviews Ethan Hawke has explained how the life of Blaze Foley is a lens through which to view anonymity and, in particular, artists who never "make it" in the conventional sense. Blaze Foley's (Ben Dickey) story is … Continue reading Blaze (2018)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Directed by Garth Jennings The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a strange little movie. I say "little" despite the fact that earth is blown up in the first 20 minutes, and we spend the rest of the movie flying between different worlds. The "galaxy" here involves depressed robots, literal thinking caps, galactic presidential candidates, … Continue reading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Directed by Andrew Dominik The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is an audacious title, right? It reads like a newspaper headline in all caps, and the two and a half hour film is broken up with narration from the point of view of an unknown journalist or biographer. The story accelerates … Continue reading The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
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