This Week's Podcast: Terminator Salvation
Yikes – so many explosions – this week’s podcast is our in-depth look at ‘Terminator Salvation’: The Film Talk – Part 68 – Terminator Salvation
The Film Talk – Part 68 – Terminator Salvation
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Three Questions about 'Terminator Salvation'
Now that I’ve seen ‘Terminator Salvation’, some queries occur to me: If I were a cyborg, why would I donate my heart to someone who has dedicated his life to killing my friends? If I owned the rights to one of the most interesting mainstream dramatic movie ideas of the past three decades, what could [...]
Werner Herzog's 'Bad Lieutenant' Trailer Online
Werner Herzog is a giant – unique – the artist as shaman – magic giver. Do you want to make a film? Think you can? Remember what Werner says: “Unless you know the hearts of men you have no right to make a film”. So. He has made a remake/re-imagining/re-boot of ‘Bad Lieutenant’. Yes. Miracles [...]
Lars von Trier's 'Antichrist': Theopoetry or Cosmic Joke?
Once upon a time, as a graduate student. I spent three years studying people who believe the pope is the antichrist, a mythical figure referenced (with surprising infrequence) in the Bible, and who over the centuries has inspired some of the strangest speculation and religious behaviour. From the 12th Century mystic Joachim of Fiore who [...]
Not Everyone Loves the New 'Star Trek' Movie
As discussed in the podcast, Gareth and I are huge fans of the new ‘Star Trek’: The Film Talk – Part 65 – Star Trek Yet not everyone out there enjoyed it/found it worthy – in fact there are some folks who despise the pic. I selected the two below as examples because they both [...]
'The Terminator' and Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies
Via Metafilter comes this wonderful guide: Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies What’s so great about the blog linked to above is that none of it actually matters. It is of no consequence if a time travel movie has temporal anomalies, i.e. plot holes, that would rip apart the fabric of the paradoxes holding time-space [...]
This Week's Podcast: 'For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism'
As my co-host Gareth Higgins is away for several days in the service of quite a big ceremony, this week’s podcast brings just myself and an interviewee; recorded at this year’s Nashville Film Festival: critic Gerald Peary discussing the future of film criticism and his documentary ‘For the Love of Movies: The Story of American [...]
Three Terminator Haikus
A Depressing Haiku about ‘Terminator: Salvation’ The age of machines Has already begun, right? Skynet’s in your house. An Amusing Haiku about ‘Terminator: Salvation’ McG is the name Of the Director. Makes him Sound like an android. A Serious Haiku about ‘Terminator: Salvation’ Robots kill people. People kill back. But don’t ask Why we like [...]
Terminator Salvation
I must admit, the new ‘Terminator’ film looks dreadful. Still, I’d like to review it for this week’s show, (mainly because my old house – precariously perched by the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge in New Mexico seems to feature in the movie prominently!) but Gareth and I are both, of course, out of town for [...]
The Film Talk – Part 67 – For The Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Items Mentioned: Nashville Film Festival / For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism Get TFT delivered weekly via iTunes Subscribe to our podcast Subscribe to our blog Follow us on Twitter
'The Girlfriend Experience' and 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil'
‘The Girlfriend Experience’ and ‘Anvil! The Story of Anvil’ both start at the Belcourt tomorrow – they’re not on a double bill, but they should be: ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ Showtimes ‘Anvil! The Story of Anvil’ Showtimes Let’s start off with ‘The Girlfriend Experience’. As Gareth and I have realised in the last few months documentaries [...]
Michael Winner, Peter Coyote, and Harrison Ford on Movie Salaries
A BBC news anchor revealed her salary on air last week, the next twist in the expenses scandal that may be about to bring down the British government. The newspaper that broke the story has asked various figures in public life whether or not they would be willing for the public to know what they [...]
Last Chance to See 'Tokyo!' on the Big Screen
If you’re a fan of Michel Gondry and in Nashville tonight then pay attention: tonight’s your last chance to see the portmanteau flick ‘Tokyo!’ on the big screen here at the Belcourt: Tokyo! at the Belcourt – 7pm and 9:20pm I’ve never been a fan of Gondry’s long form work – felt ‘Eternal Sunshine of [...]
Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made (Hardcover)
Gareth and I are both huge fans of the work of director Stanley Kubrick: The Film Talk – Part 53 – The Films of Stanley Kubrick “We Will Be Cruel to the German” – Tarantino v. Kubrick My Favorite Shot in ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ The Film Talk – Part 33 – That’s A 25 Year [...]
Films I Saw And Were Great At The Time But On A Second Or Third Viewing Are Even Better #1: 'The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'
I took another look at Tommy Lee Jones’ directorial debut ‘The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada’ at the weekend – I was struck on my first viewing three years ago at the level of craft and understanding of how to tell a story, not to mention the meaning of the story it’s trying to tell: [...]
Angels and Demons: Some further thoughts
Our podcast review of ‘Angels and Demons’ is now on-line, with just the kind of vital theo-political comments you’d expect from myself and Jett Loe. In other words, I had a cheesy grin on my face for the first hour, because this film knows exactly what it’s doing: it’s having fun, and taking us on [...]
'Angels and Demons' Podcast now Online
Our in-depth analysis of ‘Angels and Demons’ is now live! Listen to it here: The Film Talk – Part 66 – Angels and Demons
The FilmTalk – Part 66 – Angels and Demons
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Terry Gilliam's 'Don Quixote' Back On
God Bless Terry Gilliam. Really. He’s one of those directors that, as long as he’s out there making movies, then all’s right with the world. Wit, inventiveness, style, integrity and above all imagination – these are the hallmarks of Gilliam’s work.* If he ever stops producing we’re in a heap of trouble. Which makes me [...]
Scorsese on 'The Red Shoes': 'Why Do You Want To Dance?'
A nice bit of business in the movie ether today – in The Guardian Mr Scorsese talks to Steve Rose about his love for ‘The Red Shoes’ – one of the most gorgeous-looking and serious-about-human-pathology films ever made, the new print of which he’ll premiere at Cannes tomorrow: ‘Movie directors are desperate people. You’re totally [...]
Podcast Review Coming Up: 'Angels and Demons'
This week’s upcoming podcast will be, incredibly, our review of ‘Angels and Demons‘. I say incredibly because…well…it’s ‘Angels and Demons’. Looking at the photos in this post I must admit a certain creeping fear has come over me in regards to screening this picture. I ask all listeners out there to think good thoughts and [...]
Star Trek Lens Flare Action
On this week’s podcast: The Film Talk – Part 65 – Star Trek Gareth and I talked in-depth about many aspects of the new Trek pic – with a special focus on how the picture fits into the new Obama Administration re: the villian from the last Bush blockbuster becoming the first hero of an [...]
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
Via Metafilter comes the above. It is what it is. It seems pure to me – there’s no hidden agenda – no pretense – it is. Simply. Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus. Isn’t there a kind of beauty in that? – – – For the curious – more information about Asylum, the company behind ‘Mega [...]
