A lot of fuss was made about the difficulty and boundaries being pushed to make The Revenant. It was a discussion that dominated that films award campaign that did not pay off in the end with Oscar voters concerning best picture. Making its North American debut at SXSW, the Indian film Loev (pronounced “love”) is […]
People look for all kinds of ways to heal their grief and disappointments in life. In this film, Paul (Galecki) is grieving deep down over the loss of his fiancé, although not really dealing with it. Finally, some advertisement for a “Master Cleanse” (“Let’s get pure” is its message) gets his attention, and he ambivalently
The last man to walk on the moon was Eugene Cernan, an astronaut, on Apollo 17 in December, 1972. With him were Ronald Evans and Harrison (Jack) Schmitt. The documentary, written and directed by Mark Craig, is basically Cernan’s nostalgic recollections about his life, which he regards as extremely lucky and special to him. The
Paul Dailo is the writer, composer, producer, editor and director of his new film Mania Days starring Katie Holmes. At first I was preoccupied with deciphering the intended tone of Mania Days. It has a Girl, Interrupted feel while inside the mental institution, jokes about Holmes character accidently committing herself lend it towards a lighter
Writer/director Rick Alverson seems keen on this observation and from what I heard in the audience at SXSW everyone certainly does have their particular brand of off beat humor.
Just Jim is the second, actor turned directorial debut, at SXSW. Craig Roberts might not be a household name just yet, however if you saw his extraordinary performance in Submarine (2010) then you understand how he works. Oliver Tate, his Submarine persona somewhat reflects his true personality. Submarine, a film centered around a depressed teenager
Writer/director Bob Byington delivers a month in the life of a loser with 7 Chinese Brothers. The title was never explained within the film, and I cared so little for the film I didn’t stick around to hear the explanation at SXSW(the title I am told, comes from a song he likes that played during
What bothers me about the SXSW hit 6 Years is how writer/director Hannah Fidell presents all the college students in her film as carbon copies of not only each other, but it appears she hasn’t met someone that age who doesn’t drink alcohol every day, smoke pot, and act overly dramatic.
Having seen two mild comedies at SXSW back to back I would like to compare why one works and one doesn’t.
The moment Love & Mercy goes from a moderately interesting film occurs gently. Here I thought the musical biopic had sung its last note, then producer turned director Bill Pohlad offers up something systematically different by way of the editing room and perfect casting. The real strong point of Love & Mercy is the trio