Most Mumblecore films drive me nuts with their irritating characters and lackadaisical cinematic style, but there’s an undeniable artistry behind Aaron Katz’s Quiet City which defies easy … more →
Match Cutsgcheath19 wrote 3 months ago: Most Mumblecore films drive me nuts with their irritating characters and lackadaisical cinematic sty … more →
gcheath19 wrote 3 months ago: A sublime slice of Southern Americana from John Sayles, a true master of regional storytelling and … more →
gcheath19 wrote 3 months ago: Steve Buscemi’s smug D.C. journalist gets into a series of verbal fisticuffs with Sienna Mill … more →
gcheath19 wrote 3 months ago: After ten years of winemaking, mentoring his filmmaker children, and failing to produce stalled per … more →
gcheath19 wrote 4 months ago: Frankly, Paul Schrader’s Washington D.C. drama about a high class male escort named Carter Pag … more →
gcheath19 wrote 4 months ago: Give director Denzel Washington credit for tackling some heavy imagery, especially since the film … more →
gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: When faced with a catastrophic terrorist attack, should one trust their personal instincts or the m … more →
gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Marc Forster’s well meaning but flawed adaptation of the best selling novel by Khaled Hossien … more →
gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: My original (and unenthusiastic) review for We Own the Night can be found here. But seeing James Gra … more →
gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: I was thoroughly taken with Tamara Jenkins’ The Savages, a smart and affecting independent … more →
gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: I wonder if this film’s detractors realize it’s just a beautiful slice of fantasy and n … more →
gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Mike Nichols’ problematic and exciting treatment of Congressman Charles Wilson, who single ha … more →
gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Note: This weekend I caught up with many of the films from 2007 I missed in theaters, which should … more →
gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Lets start with the good. Every character in The Golden Compass has an “animal demon”, o … more →
gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Peter Hedges’ dramedy about a columnist/widower (Steve Carell) attempting to maneuver aroun … more →
gcheath19 wrote 6 months ago: Heartbreaking performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Jennifer Connelly (her “realization of gui … more →
gcheath19 wrote 6 months ago: A fun and clever homage to the expansive Disney universe, anchored by the incomparable Amy Adams, w … more →
gcheath19 wrote 6 months ago: It’s not enough for Hollywood to simply make films about the various layers of the Iraq confl … more →
gcheath19 wrote 7 months ago: Paprika works best while consuming the vast overlapping dreamscapes of its characters’ minds, … more →