Film Review: The Skeleton Twins
Brother-Sister Brooding The Skeleton Twins defies easy definition. Its stars, Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader, the versatile and frequently hilarious Saturday Night Live alums, suggest a comedy. The story, about […]
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Tribeca Film Festival Reviews, Part 2
When The Garden Was Eden Phil Jackson skipped the red carpet and discreetly went to his seat before last week’s Tribeca/ESPN premiere of When The Garden Was Eden, Harvey Araton’s […]
Wes Anderson, Contemporary Auteur
An Exploration of Meticulous Authority A few weeks ago I went to an early premiere of Wes Anderson’s eighth feature film The Grand Budapest Hotel at an Academy members screening […]
Film Review: Cutie and the Boxer
A Yin and Yang Fighting and Painting With Love In a certain respect, film is the best medium to really capture artists Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, the weathered, adorable, frustrating, […]
Interview: Zachary Heinzerling
Cutie and the Boxer is Zachary Heinzerling’s marvelous directorial debut and a rare dual portrait of artistic souls, Ushio and Noriko Shinohara. The title refers to Noriko’s illustrated journal of her life with […]
The Tribeca Diary
Red Carpets, After-Parties, and Prince Amukamura I’m sitting on a leather couch in an upscale bar on Fulton Street and New York Giant cornerback Prince Amukamura is a few feet […]
Film Review: Liberal Arts
Back to College to Move Forward The main character in Liberal Arts, Jesse, played by Josh Radnor, who also writes and directs his second film, is stuck in life, trapped […]
