The Horror of Knowing
The Innkeepers is part classic horror film, part workplace comedy, and part
deliberate study of both place and character—which, when taken together, makes
the movie a hard sell to a lot of
Film
Ocean’s Wonder
Frederico Fellini’s 1963 film 8½ is brilliant for many reasons I won’t pretend
to fully understand. But at the center of all its nuance is Fellini’s ego. In 8½
, Fellini
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Combining live action, animation, interviews and formal narration, Terence
Nance’s feature film An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
[http://oversimplification.mvmt.com/] is a creative patchwork that delves deep
into the emotional life
Adapting to Adaptations
In 1909, the very first American full-length motion picture lit the screen. The
film was part of that beloved and contested genre, the literary adaptation. It
was the first of many film versions
Can Anyone Make Me Less “Miserables?”
The more I go over it, the more I’m torn on how to react. My instinct is to
despise and dismiss. But many viewings of the trailer for the new film
interpretation