What were the common threads among the finest film posters of 2013? Mustaches. Sunglasses.
The entirety of the marketing for The Counselor suffers from what I’m calling “prestige-film fallacy.”
These Academy members possess an elementary school understanding of art, where films operate in a purely denotative register.
Cross your fingers that the film won’t pull a prom-stage fiasco and go splat.
Could this have been the photo that sparked the tale of svelte murderess? Who leaves nothing but severed limps in her wake?
Broadway openings are like yellow-rumped warblers.
From the schoolyard to the psych ward, the bully was a cinematic staple well before becoming a hot-button news topic.
Maybe our mothers were right all along. Maybe true beauty really does come from within. Or doesn’t it?
De Palma remains one of the most prolific, poorly understood and controversial directors in the history of cinema.
The best reason to attend this festival is the resurrection of Gone to Earth.
It happens in a moment. Her eyes flick down, she takes a quick peek, and I start laughing.
An indispensible book, mixing surprising and original insights with the usual amount of bemused and sometimes flatulent Thomsonian pontificating.