The Goods: Film Reviews
We Can Be Heroes, the Robert Rodriguez return to family entertainment, is not quite good, but it is far more competent and watchable than I feared, especially given the car crash that was the Spy Kids reboot.
Calling The Adevntures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl “ugly” is a grave understatement.
A movie I like slightly less each time I see it, and now I’m up to four times, I think.
Nouchka van Brakel’s films center around women asserting their identity via a sexuality outside of the mainstream. In The Cool Lakes of Death, protagonist Hetty’s “taboo” is simply being a woman of assertive sexuality in prudish 19th century bourgeoisie.
Nights of Cabiria traces the romantic misadventures of the title character, played to perfection by Giulietta Masina, owner of one of the great expressive faces in the history of cinema.
If narrative momentum is your thing, whatsoever, then Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a bit of a slog to get through.
I’m not quite sure this movie realizes that it’s a neo-noir.
At a basic level, The Debut presents a clear and effective metaphor:
The Happiest Girl in the World is a simple, linear film taking place in one day and mostly one location. Despite its humility, I was on its comic and dramatic wavelength for most of its runtime, and got a pretty big kick out of it.
I fear that I will never again be able to watch The Godfather with fresh eyes or a sense of wonder.