NCIS, Season 10, Episode 3: “Phoenix” Written by Steven D. Binder Directed by Terrence O’Hara Airs Tuesdays at 8pm (ET) on CBS For a show that largely prides itself on its character-driven storylines, NCIS has recently produced fewer episodes whose strength results from the focused analysis of a central character, missing the mark of perfection …
“Dynamic, relentless and funnier than it’s predecessor, Ip Man 2 is the flashier, hipper and better looking of the two.” Ip Man 2 Directed by Wilson Yip (Yip Wai Shun) Continuing the narrative straight from where the first film left off, Ip Man 2 sees our titular hero (Donnie Yen) reprising his role …
The 48th annual New York Film Festival is fast approaching us on September 24th, filled with a rich variety of films that will surely appease everyone’s taste. From populous director David Fincher’s The Social Network to Shakespeare’s adapted The Tempest, this year’s festival will turn the heads of mainstream movie goers to theater buffs to …
Spork Directed by J.B. Ghuman Jr. The message of Spork is clear and familiar. Learn to accept yourself and there is no place you won’t belong. This film’s offbeat humor dredges up associations with John Waters’ early work and the cult classic Napoleon Dynamite. It’s all too easy to point out all the similarities between …
Technically, the film is a marvel – this is Heneke’s first black and white film and it’s simply dazzling. The White Ribbon Directed by Michael Haneke – There’s always a certain kind of dread in a Mikael Haneke film. It could perhaps be do his reputation for exploring some of the most shocking aspects of …
Cameron has accomplished that rare task, to inject a real sense of magic and spectacle sorely lacking in big budget movies, aptly bookmarking the prologue and finale of the film with the image of eyes opening, an apt cinematic metaphor for his triumphant return to the multiplexes. Avatar James Cameron 2009 Ferngully with guns. Dances …
Burning Down the House Directed by Mandy Stein No One Knows About Persian Cats Directed by Bahman Ghobadi Teheran, Iran and New York aren’t obvious kindred spirits and unlikely to be twinned in any civic program any time soon, but two music-related films at the festival point out how underground culture can act as the …
Love Exposure is often gratuitous, low-brow, and even tasteless–you will never again see as many shots of young girl’s panties in one place–but is also sneakily poignant. Directed by Shion Sono Sion Sono’s new film covers a lot of territory. It’s a romance, a revenge tale, a heartbreaking tragedy, a truly zany comedy, a blood-splattered …
Upon viewing Begotten for the first time, one could easily mistake it for an archaic silent film made by a seriously deranged director on crack (or whatever popular drug they used a hundred years ago). Low and behold, this is a movie from 1991 by 45-year old Edmund Elias Merhige (Suspect Zero, Shadow of the …