THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Melancholia” and Oscar Games
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Butter”
> Jim Field Smith’s comedy BUTTER, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, ambitiously makes a play for both the heartwarming indie Little Miss Sunshine audience and the satire-minded Election crowd. That may ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Melancholia”
MELANCHOLIA – Watch It At Home – The Title Tells the Tale Here’s a quick primer in Oscar rules and how studios can get around them. In order for a film to be Oscar-eligible (other than i...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL: Worth A Ticket – A Different Kind of Dream Team Bear with me here. On Friday, Fox Searchlight will throw THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL directly into the path ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEWS: “In A Better World,” “Rubber” & “Super”
In recent years, the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film has come to stand for not much more than a fair level of craftsmanship and a comfortable pitch of moral predicament (The Secret In Their Eyes, Departures, and The Counte...
LIMITED RELEASES: “Queen to Play,” “Ceremony” and “Meet Monica Velour”
> Today, 3 films from first-time directors: Caroline Bottaro’s marvelous QUEEN TO PLAY is, in a sense, a sports movie. We have the out-of-nowhere player whose newly-discovered talent shakes up her whole life, the wi...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Goats”
Virtually every screening at Sundance is followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, and while these sessions can be informative and charming (although 3 questions that need never be asked again are How long did you shoot?...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Road to Nowhere”
Not At Any Price: “Art” More Than Art The name Monte Hellman doesn’t mean much to the vast majority of moviegoers, but Hellman is among the cultiest of American cult directors. He came up the Roge...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “It’s A Disaster”
IT’S A DISASTER: Worth A Ticket – And They Feel Just (More Or Less) Fine IT’S A DISASTER is the movie Seeking A Friend For the End of the World aspired, but failed, to be: a laugh-out-loud, t...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Frances Ha” & “Imogene”
One of the things that happens at film festivals is that as you see many films in back-to-back proximity, mini-trends start to emerge, at least in the mind, and pictures that were made entirely separately, and which may ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Toy’s House”
TOY’S HOUSE is a delightful Sundance surprise, a fresh take on adolescent boys coming of age. The conceit of Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ film, written by Chris Galletta, is that Joe Toy (Nick Robinson), his best ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Another Earth”
ANOTHER EARTH – Worth A Ticket: Tiny Story With Big Ambitions For ANOTHER EARTH, the Sundance Film Festival went exactly the way it’s supposed to. The low-key picture was made on a miniscule bud...