Author Archive
Movie Review: Dad’s in Heaven with Nixon (2010)
I’ve seen enough documentaries, especially those that regularly stream on Netflix, to recognize the hallmarks of what I can only label “vanity documentaries,” in the manner that the term vanity has been applied to...
Movie Review: The Story Of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
I recently got through watching a 15 part, 900 minute long 2011 documentary on cinema titled The Story Of Film: An Odyssey, directed and narrated by Irish film critic and historian Mark Cousins, on Netflix, based upon his book ...
Movie Review: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
A few years ago, while reviewing Turkish film director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s 2006 great film, “Climates,” I wrote: In short, I was right. The filmmaker was capable of even greater heights. Yet, this level was only reached a...
Movie Review: West of Brooklyn (2008)
There are many ways to learn the art of constructing a compelling narrative: One can read classic novels and plays; one can watch great films and television shows; one can read ancient Greek dramas or watch professional wrestli...
Movie Review: Trilogy: The Dust of Time (2008)
The last completed film of Theo Angelopoulos fails to live up to his earlier greats.
