Every once in a while, you have to go in blind. At the risk of sounding culturally sheltered, I knew precious little about Youssou Ndour before this afternoon. To be specific, I knew his name, and that he was a world renowned tenor. That’s it – I couldn’t tell you where he was from, couldn’t…
ELIZABETH – THE GOLDEN AGE
I’ve had frustrating discussions about sequels and series lately, and usually I’m the one defending the various part twos, and threes, and fours. However, there are some sequels that even leave me scratching my head. ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE is one such movie. The original, starring Cate Blanchet in the title role was amazing. It…
Doubleback : LA VIE EN ROSE
Edit: I mentioned last week that I felt movies I don’t get to see in a theatre are ones I shouldn’t write a full-out review for. Still, there are a lot of titles I miss catching the first time around that I want to share a thought or two about. These movies are the ones…
I’M NOT THERE
Once upon a time you looked so fine…threw the bums a dime in your prime…didn’t you?
CONTROL
Even at the best of times, control is only an illusion.
Reaction: I’M NOT THERE
After 12 screenings, and seven days, I still haven’t gone to a film I haven’t liked. But, I can say that so far, I’M NOT THERE (* * 1/2) was the film I’ve liked the least. The movie is a Bob Dylan biopic with a twist. In my reaction post to CONTROL, I mentioned that…
Reaction: CONTROL
Saturday morning began with a big film for me. When I’m not blogging and running around film festivals, I’m a photographer. When I was first getting into photography, Anton Corbijn was one of the artists I was inspired by. So it was with great anticipation today that I went to see CONTROL (* * *…