Review: Nightmare Alley (2021)
Alfred Hitchcock, in conversation with Francois Truffaut, insisted that audiences can have sympathy for the villains in films. Using his own Psycho as an example, the master of suspense hel...
The Curious Case of David Fincher’s Oddest (and Most Oddly Affecting) Film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button sticks out in David Fincher’s filmography like a sore thumb. Flanked by Zodiac on one side and The Social Network on the other, the romantic fantasy, loosely adapted from F....
REVIEW: THE MISSING Tracks Of My Frontiers
Directed by Ron HowardStarring Cate Blanchett, Tommy Lee Jones, Eric Schweig, Evan Rachel Wood, Aaron EckhartThis was the more prestigious major Hollywood Western to come out in 2003; Open Range, despite b...
REVIEW: TRUTH …And Consequences
Directed by James VanderbiltStarring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss, Bruce GreenwoodHow much you enjoy Truth is going to very much depend on where you sit politically...
REVIEW: KNIGHT OF CUPS Be Here Now
Directed by Terrence MalickStarring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Imogen Poots, Natalie Portman, Wes Bentley, Brian Dennehy, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Teresa PalmerAt this stage of the game complaining ...
REVIEW: THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU Something In The Water
Directed by Wes AndersonStarring Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff GoldblumIt's my birthday today. I'm 39. Naturally, my thoughts turn to matters of ageing, and my fa...
REVIEW: CINDERELLA Storybook Love
Directed by Kenneth BranaghStarring Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Nonso Anozie, Stellan Skarsgaard, Derek JacobiYou know this story.Indeed, given the modern propensity for re...