Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 29, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“… with a heart” When thinking about a satire on Hollywood, the idea to glorify its luck, ego, and excess rather than vilify probably wouldn’t be the direction your mind gravitates towards. To some extent this may ensure the exercise will prove pointless because the message shifts from showing everything wrong that needs fixing into […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Anjelica Huston, Brion James, Bruce Willis, Burt Reynolds, Cher, Criterion Collection, Cynthia Stevenson, Dean Stockwell, Dina Merrill, Fred Ward, Greta Scacchi, Hail Caesar!, Jack Lemmon, Julia Roberts, Lyle Lovett, Michael Tolkin, Peter Gallagher, Richard E. Grant, Robert Altman, Sydney Pollack, The Player, Tim Robbins, Vincent D'Onofrio, Whoopi Goldberg
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 21, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“Without somebody you’re nobody at all” A film centering on octogenarians isn’t an easy sell. Not even when you get a legend like Jerry Lewis to come out of retirement to deliver his first starring role in twenty years. So you have to give Daniel Noah credit—he got it done. And after a few years […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Claire Bloom, Daniel Noah, Dean Stockwell, Jerry Lewis, Kerry Bishé, Kevin Pollak, Lee Weaver, Max Rose, Mort Sahl, Rance Howard
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 25, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“Now it’s dark” After finding critical and commercial success with The Elephant Man—earning his first Oscar nominations for directing and screenplay—David Lynch became bankable enough to mount what would end up a large-scale disaster in Dune. Whereas many would probably count the latter as a failure across the board, the truth is that the sci-fi […]
Category drama, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Blue Velvet, Bobby Vinton, David Lynch, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Dune, Eraserhead, George Dickerson, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle Maclachlan, Laura Dern, Roy Orbison, The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“Don’t go yet” The first word my mind conjured after watching Wim Wenders‘ Paris, Texas was honesty. It’s delivered from lead Harry Dean Stanton all the way down to Robby Müller‘s gorgeous cinematography of untouched Mojave Desert isolation and graffiti-filled urban concrete. Nothing appears inauthentic and that’s not an easy accomplishment when you think about […]
Category drama, film reviews, z.slideshow · Tags Aurore Clément, Dean Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Hunter Carson, L.M. Kit Carson, Nastassja Kinski, Paris Texas, Robby Müller, Sam Shepard, Wim Wenders
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Dazzling! Fascinating!” While there are many cinematic examples of directors taking a behind the scenes look at the process of their craft, few are as sure-handed, personal, and entertaining as Roman Coppola‘s debut CQ. For someone who literally grew up in the movies with father Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope reaching legendary status inside […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Angela Lindvall, Barbarella, Billy Zane, CQ, Dean Stockwell, Élodie Bouchez, Francis Ford Coppola, Gérard Depardieu, Giancarlo Giannini, Jason Schwartzman, Jeremy Davies, John Phillip Law, Massimo Ghini, Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson
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