I have not read them all, but from what I have read, I feel I should reiterate that your reviews are very good: well thought out (as I wrote, I have not read them all, but of those I have read, not one is wasted, written for the sake of writing it), and well articulated. Thanks for providing these.
I wanted to stop by and agree with Seth - your review of The Aviator is excellent.
In this brilliant quasi-biopic, Huillet-Straub accomplish several feats: providing a structure of Bach’s life and work, displaying how Bach’s music developed over time, commenting on the family and… read review
I love the horror films of Val Lewton, just love them. Bedlam is usually included in lists of Lewton’s horror films and it was initially marketed as one, as well. However, it would be quite… read review
In this under-stated film, narrative and character is de-emphasized while the aspects of filmmaking that are often over-looked when deriving meaning from a film (namely cinematography and sound) are… read review
Which is more meaningless: a consumerist lifestyle that is slowly degraded into monotony and the definition of human experience in terms of the functions that we perform, or the utterly emotionless… read review