Articles by Brett
Okay, since it got a lot of press in the trades today, here’s a quick recap of what’s new for Tarantino’s upcoming feature, courtesy of Variety and Hollywood Reporter:
As you’ve heard, Brad Pitt’s officially on …
Los Angeles has more than earned a reputation as a destroyer of worlds, swallowing up naive little sweethearts with their dreams packed into their suitcases only to vomit up their bones months, weeks or even …
So the LA Film Fest is over, and it’s time to say a few words. The consensus seems to be that this year’s festival definitely had a smaller crowd than before, maybe due to …
Fourth of July weekend is a good a time as any for an appraisal of the dilemmas facing an “issue” film in our current political climate. Any project tackling a side of the Iraq …
Here to bring a little entertainment to your pre-Fourth of July festivities, here is a small sampling of some quality shorts that screened at the LA Film Fest which you can either watch for free …
“The past does not equal the future” a character notes in Boy A, but it seems the past doesn’t have to repeat itself for it to still wreak its proper damages. Here is a …
A majority of films set in the south of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama tend to extol the culture that abounds there as a centerpiece to their stories. Be it colorful, warm characters or the …
If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a thousand times; a young pair of Japanese girls head off for a relaxing spa weekend in the woods, get into a fight over boys, become pursued …
Based on cult author Chuck Palahniuk’s 2001 novel, Choke has been a long time coming. A literal 7 year process for actor-turned-writer/director Clark Gregg in getting the film made, added to huge fan expectations …
Thank goodness for the La Film Fest and its general lack of organization. I was originally trying to get into the X-Files Sneak Peak panel but three line changes, two conflicting reports and a …
In Joshua Safdie’s debut feature, The Pleasure of Being Robbed, we are offered a confusing world of discarded moments under the supposition of a missing larger picture. In it, Eleanor, a young and vaguely …
A rag-tag team of foreigners comes together to pull off a gig in New York, the job to end all jobs. The Frenchman, the Australian, the ‘Inside Man’, this team of would-be experts carefully …
The realities of crime and corruption in Rio de Janiero are not completely new to audiences, thanks to work like 2002’s City of God and its Showtime TV spin-off City of Men. The plight …
Werner Herzog’s documentaries are always a little offbeat, with his signature voice and pattern of questioning guiding the films to unexpected destinations. Who else would open a film funded by the National Science Foundation …
15 years before New Orleans started the Mardi Gras celebrations that it would eventually become famous for, another city had begun its own form of southern festival traditions. Based around a series of mystic …
‘Baghead’ gets a little meta right from the start; after our formal introduction to it by our festival announcer and the film’s directors last night, the movie itself began with the same scene. The …
Global warming continues to try to kill everyone here with ridiculous heat, but so far so good on the festival lineup. Reviews for yesterday’s screenings will be up soon, while I tackle 3 more …
Say what you will about the man’s movies, one thing that has been gradually growing out of check since M. Night Shayamalan’s first film is the director’s inflated sense of self. From the way …
