One of my all-time favorite films is F.W. Murnau’s silent classic, Sunrise, a drop dead gorgeous example of German expressionism in which its haunting imagery and Postman Always Rings Twice storyline felt way ahead of its time. Filmmakers today could learn a lot from its ability to tell a compelling story with very little dialogue.... Continue Reading →
Tic Tic Boom! – Film Review: Motherless Brooklyn ★★★1/2
I love a good pulpy novel sometimes, and exactly a year ago, I picked up Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn, published in 1999, completely unaware that an Oscar-nominated actor had been trying to bring it to the screen for the past two decades. It just sounded like a fun read, wherein a detective with an unnamed... Continue Reading →
