I realize it’s been quite while since my last post and I apologize. My life is settling down and I will soon have time again to regularly update the blog. Next week will find a new Cohen Case File being posted. In the meantime, I have opened a Twitter account where you can catch my […]
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Let’s take a brief break from talking about movies. This has been in the news lately and it really struck a chord for me for several reasons. On Monday, July 25, the Republic (MO) school board voted to remove two books from the high school library. The first book, Sarah Ockler’s Twenty Boy Summer, is […]
I really have no reason to post this other than the fact that I just finished watching Death Comes to Town, the very funny murder mystery mini-series by The Kids in the Hall. Like most people my age, I have a special place in my heart for the absurdist, cross-dressing humor of the troupe and […]
I first watched Restrepo about seven months ago. The acclaimed documentary had just come out on DVD and I found it to be a stunning piece of work. That week, I talked about it on the podcast I was co-hosting for The Parallax Review. Unfortunately, D.B. had not seen the film, so it was just […]
There is a common misperception that film critics enjoy bashing movies–salivating at the chance to collectively jump on the next blockbuster and declare it trash while we judge it from our ivory towers. The idea that I might enjoy watching, analyzing, and writing about a bad movie strikes me as incredibly asinine. Even if I […]
The Robber, one of the better movies I saw at last year’s Chicago International Film Festival (and one that I certainly did not expect to get a U.S. theatrical release), is opening this week in New York City theaters. I’m not sure if it will expand to other cities in the coming weeks, but if […]
I just became interested in the new Superman movie. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Michael Shannon has been cast to play General Zod. I’m not a comic book guy at all, so I can’t tell you how the character fits into the world of Superman. I have a vague memory of Terence Stamp playing the […]
Sidney Lumet, maybe the greatest American filmmaker of the second half of the 20th century, has died at the age of 86. I won’t even try to write an obituary for such a brilliant director. For those of you interested or who need a primer on his life and work, the New York Times has […]
Be forewarned, if the MPAA rated this post, it would get an R. Ah, The King’s Speech, the classy little drama about King George VI (Colin Firth) attempting to overcome a speech impediment in time to symbolically lead Great Britain during World War II (I say symbolically because the King of England hasn’t wielded any […]
If you live in or near Chicago, check out the new play Soul One, premiering Thursday, March 31. It’s written by and features Travis Hughes, a great Chicago-based writer and it promises to be a cool night out. Click here for more info. Read all the extraneous crap that goes through my head by following […]
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