The Reluctant Rom-Com: Jerry Maguire
Steve Remo’s eyes open. He lies on a hospital bed, wearing a head bandage and a neck brace, recovering from a concussion in a hockey game. Remembering his own name […]
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Double Feature: Purple Rain and 8 Mile
The later of these two films follows its predecessor’s blueprint so closely that comparisons have been and always will be inevitable. Two powerful and controversial entertainers at the height of […]
Uh … 3 ½? — Young Adult
The Introduction Around the beginning of this decade, there were a few young American filmmakers whom I followed with great interest. One of them was Jason Reitman, whose Juno and Up in […]
Light Unchained: My 10 Favorite Buñuel Movies
Octavio Paz has said, “It suffices for a chained man to close his eyes for him to have the power to make the world explode,” and I, paraphrasing him, add, […]
Geppetto's Clocks 