The Secret of Kells (0)
3/03/10 •
The Secret of Kells is a movie full to bursting with the pure potential of animation, an aesthetic experience so impeccably designed that style and substance are indistinguishable.
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The Arts and Faith Top 100 Films (0)
3/01/10 •
And in the midst of all these changes, I think the loose descriptor “spirituality” has become an even more abstract point of common ground for this wide range of films. This is not the fault of the over 40 voters involved this time, the list of films nominated, or even the voting process. I actually don’t think it is even a problem.
Two Lovers (Gray, 2009) (0)
2/27/10 •
James Gray’s latest wraps three distinct, remarkable characters around a haunting question. It may make you miserable while you watch, but it will stick with you like few love stories do.
Susan Sontag and the Making of Souls (0)
2/25/10 •
The number of film critics who have indelibly shaped my understanding of the cinema is relatively small, perhaps a half dozen, maybe a dozen at the most. Susan Sontag is chief among them, although I’ve never thought of her as a critic per se. During a youth spent at academic institutions in Berkeley, Chicago, Cambridge [...]
Yuri Norstein and The Hedgehog at USC (1)
2/22/10 •
“It is very difficult to get rid of that hard physic in film,” Norstein said towards the end of the screening. “The image is just an outer layer under which something else is hidden.”
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Combating Sugar Overload: A Christmas Tale and Notes on a Scandal
