COLOMBIANA Can’t Stop
As CONAN THE BARBARIAN represents the nadir of chaos cinema with its unfocused camerawork evoking nothing but a lazy director, Olivier Megaton’s COLOMBIANA represents its potential, finding purpose in the rapid cutting and manic energy that defines the End of Cinema.
THE LINCOLN LAWYER: In Cold Blood
I felt dirtier walking out of Brad Furman’s THE LINCOLN LAWYER than its idol THE LONG GOODBYE, and not just because all that hero worship makes us into peeping toms.
COLD WEATHER: The Big Wake-Up
Ironically, and here I’m talking about the artistic technique and not a pretend embrace of, say, Chuck Norris, Aaron Katz’s COLD WEATHER validates mumblecore by rejecting it. The first act is your standard mumblecore setup: a low-ambition young white male moves in with his sister, gets a routine job, meets an ex, all while making [...]
INTOLERABLE CRUELTY & THE LADYKILLERS: Bush League Coens
Seven or eight years ago, about the time of our conflict with Saddam and the Iraqis, the Coen brothers made two films so bad they closed up shop to recharge. At least, that’s the story ‘round these parts.
A Slasher Halloween: CALIGARI, THE LEOPARD MAN, & HOUSE OF WAX
I know, I know, Halloween’s over and you’re all ready to start celebrating Election Day or Guy Fawkes Day or The Holiday Formerly Known as Armistice Day or something, but I could hardly have told you how I spent my Halloween before Halloween. So, without further ado, brief thoughts on the evolution of the film [...]
MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE: Sins of the Father
A Werner Herzog film should be an event, but he never gets quite the same buzz as, say, the latest French New Wave auteur-genarian. When he does, it’s for eating shoes or hunting man. Maybe it’s because he’s constantly making movies—they’re not Franzen novels—but so is Clint Eastwood, and we’re constantly told about his “latest [...]
TFT 135 – THE LAST AIRBENDER / THE KILLER INSIDE ME
TFT 135 – THE LAST AIRBENDER / THE KILLER INSIDE ME – – – TFT 135 running time: 48 minutes 41 seconds – 23.5mb mp3 THE LAST AIRBENDER starts at 2 minutes 55 seconds ASK THE FILM TALK starts at 26:18 THE KILLER INSIDE ME starts at 32:58 – – – HELP JETT FIND WORK [...]
TFT 121 – LUNOPOLIS / 3 ACTS OF MURDER / SATURDAY NIGHT / 2010 Nashville Film Festival Day 4
TFT 121 – LUNOPOLIS / 3 ACTS OF MURDER / SATURDAY NIGHT / 2010 Nashville Film Festival Day 4 – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: LUNOPOLIS / 3 ACTS OF MURDER / SATURDAY NIGHT GET THE iPHONE APP – FREE TILL APRIL 22ND VISIT OUR DEDICATED 2010 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL PAGE
TFT 111 – CRAZY HEART / EDGE OF DARKNESS [1985 and 2010 Versions] / Art by Chance
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TFT 111 – CRAZY HEART / EDGE OF DARKNESS [1985 and 2010 Versions] / Art by Chance – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: ART BY CHANCE / EDGE OF DARKNESS [1985] / EDGE OF DARKNESS [2010] / CRAZY HEART
TFT 106 – SHERLOCK HOLMES / BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL – NEW ORLEANS
TFT 106 / 16 mb MP3 / 32 minutes / DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: SHERLOCK HOLMES / BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL – NEW ORLEANS / SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION / BEARD / NASHVILLE SCENE / PUTNEY SWOPE / ROBERT POWELL / WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE
The 10 Most Underrated Films of the Decade
There’s an infinite amount of content out there Dear Reader – too many movies to possibly see – so how do ya find the good ones? Your gut feeling, your friends, reviewers you trust – these folks can steer you. But sometimes your gut is wrong, your friends wouldn’t know a Ti West film from [...]
The Michael Mann Movie before There Was A Michael Mann: 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle'
Cris-crossing two-timing cops and robbers. Worn out old pros. Finks, snitches, the snitch and the snitchee. Crime capers so detailed, so clear and framed so fantastic they’re a how-to manual for those on the slippery slope. ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’ is a Michael Mann film before there was a Michael Mann. It’s a 70′s [...]
