In the special features section of the Children of Men DVD, Slavoj Žižek says that the film gives hope to the future of cinema. This was an extraordinary film for many reasons, but its timing alone… more →
Precious Bodily FluidsZC wrote 1 week ago: In the special features section of the Children of Men DVD, Slavoj Žižek says that the film gives … more →
ZC wrote 3 weeks ago: Essentially coming down to another “miss” in a line of Frank Oz’s numerous hits a … more →
ZC wrote 1 month ago: Due to a world-class migraine, my viewing of 11′09″01 - September 11 was cut short. Howe … more →
ZC wrote 1 month ago: No doubt knowing Persepolis first as a graphic novel would help to guide one’s reading of the fil … more →
ZC wrote 2 months ago: A work from Steven Soderbergh to put a spin on classical film noir, The Good German substitutes pol … more →
ZC wrote 2 months ago: One feels that thinking on a film by the Coen brothers, especially a comedy, is a fruitless exercis … more →
ZC wrote 2 months ago: (Forgive the unfortunate photo-formatting.) While taking a “break” the other day from … more →
ZC wrote 2 months ago: Camera interrupting the diegesis? Caché, attempting to be many things at once, succeeds in some of … more →
ZC wrote 3 months ago: “What if they come in through the back door or the bathroom window, like that infamous Beatle … more →
ZC wrote 4 months ago: An unprecedented film deserves an unprecented post intro: there is no way to begin an analysis of T … more →
ZC wrote 4 months ago: Finally went and saw it. The greatest disappointment of all was not (yet) having seen Ang Lee … more →
ZC wrote 4 months ago: Took in Guillermo’s sequel today. Hellboy and Hellboy 2 make a great sandwich, with Pan … more →
ZC wrote 4 months ago: Took in the wonderful Wall-E a few nights ago with my sister-in-law. (Note: avoid 11:40 p.m. showin … more →
ZC wrote 5 months ago: Well, here we are. I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull a couple days ago in Sa … more →
ZC wrote 6 months ago: Saw this one day-of, and at the risk of exposing my hand, it was easily one of the best comic book … more →
ZC wrote 7 months ago: Between notes on The 400 Blows and (d.v.) Metropolis, I thought I would fulfill one of the objective … more →
ZC wrote 7 months ago: As with the previous one, same here: not enough time back when I had just seen it, so here are my no … more →
ZC wrote 7 months ago: I’m putting down here my bare-bones notes for this great film, because I didn’t get arou … more →
ZC wrote 7 months ago: Listening to The Kinks’ “Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround” on the way to … more →