TABLE 19: An All-Star Cast, Breezy Laughs
[Published at Film Inquiry] Among the talents that emerged out of the mumblecore genre of the early 2000s, Mark and Jay...
THE BEFORE TRILOGY: The Criterion Collection Of A Collective Masterpiece
[Published at Film Inquiry] The Criterion Collection, known for redistributing historically and culturally significant films worth preserving, released Richard Linklater’s The Before Trilogy on...
SMALL CRIMES: An Uneven Script Dulls This Double-Edged Sword Revenge Yarn
[Published at Film Inquiry] Online streaming platforms like Amazon and Netflix are taking over the entertainment industry, providing the widest...
WIN IT ALL: Jake Johnson Gives A Career-Making Performance In This Mumblecore Crime Dramedy
[Originally published on FilmInquiry.com] Netflix’s latest original film, Win It All, marks Joe Swanberg and Jake Johnson’s third professional collaboration as director and actor,...
Hans Zimmer finds respite in The City in between Coachella sets
[Published in the San Francisco Examiner] By Alex Arabian on April 22, 2017 9:15 am As part of Hans Zimmer’s...
Making a Cinephile: ‘Win It All’ Finally Provides Jake Johnson With a Role Worthy of His Talent
Netflix’s latest original film, ‘Win It All,” was written and directed by Joe Swanberg (“Drinking Buddies”), one of the founders...
New ‘Split’ Theory: ‘Unbreakable’ is Only One-Third of the Film Equation in Shyamalan’s New Combined Universe
Between “Signs” (2002) and “The Visit” (2015), there was a major disconnect between M. Night Shyamalan’s intended directorial vision, and casual...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray Talks Classic Filmmaking, Influences and Making a Modern Epic
[Published at Awards Circuit] 2017 San Francisco International Film Festival: Director James Gray has made his most masterful film yet...
SFIFF Review: ‘Infinity Baby’ Is a Hilarious and Absurdist Allegory Grounded by Pressing Sociopolitical Issues
Poster for Bob Byington’s INFINITY BABY, playing at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival, April 5 – 19, 2017...
Film Review: ‘Donnie Darko’ Remains a Thought-Provoking and Satirical Masterpiece the Third Time Around
[Published at Awards Circuit] Richard Kelly’s first film, “Donnie Darko” (2001), is among cinema’s more impressive debuts. Though the then...