La Chinoise is the first of Godard's flat-out Maoist diatribes against the bourgeoisie and "American imperialism," and it's undeniably his best and most watchable of these. At this point Godard was becoming increasingly insufferable as a human being and a filmmaker because he adopted this comical understanding of Maoism. This era is brilliantly depicted in the woefully underrated Redoubtable, which … Continue reading La Chinoise – Blu-Ray Review
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge is a two-part documentary on the history of Rolling Stone magazine, which was first published in 1967. The documentary is co-directed by Alex Gibney, who is probably the great documentarian of our time. He takes a similar approach to his previous work on Sinatra: All or Nothing at All, using the history … Continue reading Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge – DVD Review
Sleeping Dogs was, shockingly, the first 35mm film to be shot completely in New Zealand by a New Zealand crew—in 1977. For that reason, it’s the film that really ushered in the start of New Zealand filmmaking as a commercial enterprise, as before this point, most film work was for TV or documentary productions. It … Continue reading Sleeping Dogs – Blu-Ray Review
Brigsby Bear is a very odd film. David McCary, who is one of the main segment directors on Saturday Night Live, is the director, and the star and co-screenwriter is Kyle Mooney, also an SNL stalwart. It’s quite a dark and twisted movie. Mooney plays a man called James who has always lived in what … Continue reading Brigsby Bear – DVD Review
Liquid Sky is a bizarre little science fiction film that originally came out in 1983. Initially it was a massive success. It played almost continuously for a year, spending 28 weeks on Variety’s top-grossing box office charts to eventually become the most successful independent film of the year. But then the film fell out of … Continue reading Liquid Sky – Blu-Ray Review
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