The City and the City – Berlinale 2022 Review Alex Goldstein February 15, 2022 Reviews Thessaloniki has one of the oldest Jewish communities in Greece—but a lengthy presence doesn’t guarantee a safe one. The City and the City blends re-enactment and documentary techniques in a series of...
Olympia Dukakis: The Older Woman’s Older Woman Alex Goldstein May 3, 2021 Analysis, Features, One Off “I always played older,” Olympia Dukakis once told the New York Times. “I think it was the voice.” From 40 years old, Dukakis was playing mothers of grown children and elder stateswomen - and...
The Legend of Hercules – Review Stephen O'Nion March 30, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment The Legend of Hercules is incredibullshit. Women pout, men flex, random specks float about to say “3D!” and our beefy protagonist squares off against a sniveling Reece Shearsmith-alike for his true...
300: Rise of an Empire – Review Christopher Preston March 4, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments 300 was brawny entertainment back in 2006, pumped full of radioactive testosterone. But this feeble sort-of sequel exhibits a warrior well past its prime. Weak and saggy, the once-chiseled abs have melted into...
Absurdity And Violence in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Dogtooth Cameron Ward February 17, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features - "The animal that threatens us is a cat." - Yorgos Lanthimos' darkly subversive 2009 drama Dogtooth offers no easy answers. In this respect, and many others, this freakish tale of parental autocracy...
