Review: Big Ass Spider!
When you approach a film titled Big Ass Spider, you know what you’re in for. At worst you’re getting cynical Syfy Channel type ...
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Flixist Discusses Review: The Wind Rises
After the credits rolled at the screening of The Wind Rises at this year’s New York Film Festival, Hubert and I spent the ...
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Review: Argento’s Dracula 3D
There was a time when “directed by Dario Argento” meant something wonderful. There’d be wild visual play, inventive deaths, remarkable set pieces, and ...
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NYFF Review: Child of God
Allow me to state my bias upfront. While I like James Franco as an actor, I’m not a fan of his work as ...
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NYFF Review: Le Week-End
It’s impossible to not compare Le Week-End to the films in Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy. With the setting of Before Sunset and the ...
Review: Electric Man
In the animated title sequence for Electric Man, the audience is treated to a motion-comic showing the genesis of the titular character. A ...
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Review: Riddick
I found myself in a weird quandary when I got excited for another Riddick film. I couldn’t really remember why I was excited. ...
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Review: Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips wasn’t really on my radar for the year. I like Paul Grenngrass and I love Tom Hanks, but I really wasn’t ...
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Review: Inside Llewyn Davis
The trailers for Inside Llewyn Davis don’t quite capture the feel of the film. If you watch them, there’s a kind of satiny ...
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Review: A Touch of Sin
It’s remarkable what a little context can do. My initial impressions about A Touch of Sin were generally positive but also ambivalent. I ...
NYFF Review: The Missing Picture
At last year’s New York Asian Film Festival I saw a documentary called Golden Slumbers, which focused on the lost cinema of Cambodia. ...
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NYFF Review: Alan Partridge
British comedy has a fine tradition of endlessly watchable twits. Off the top of my head, some of my favorites are Basil Fawlty ...