An Emotional Journey From the Backwoods of Romania. Now on DVD
Director: Radu Jude/Romanian/2015
About 10 years ago, Romania made a big splash on the internati...
The Purge Series is Asking for a Third Term
DIRECTED BY JAMES DEMONACO/ 2016
The politics of the Purge films have always confused me. The whole premise of crea...
Once Upon A Time, In A Far Away Land…
An apology upfront for that oh so predictable opening line. Some might even so far as to call it “tired”. But really, I'm...
A Slice of Brazilian Life, Now On DVD
DIRECTED BY ANNA MUYLAERT/PORTUGESE/2015
The term “second mother” in the new Brazilian film of the same title, The Sec...
The Imminent Doom of a New President
While season 1 of Fargo on FX was very influenced by the film it’s based on, the Coen brother's 1995’s Fargo, a case can b...
ZekeFilm Writers Share Their Midyear Film Picks
With the 2016 movie year more than half over, it's time to pause and take stock of what's stood out thus far. T...
The Name Of A Man Is A Numbing Blow From Which He Never Recovers
Weiner is the new documentary that is about the disgraced former Congressman and New York ...
Shane Black is Back. Same Formula, New Era
DIRECTOR: SHANE BLACK/2016
Shane Black is back with The Nice Guys, his first film since Iron Man 3 and the first ...
The New Paul Thomas Anderson Self-Proclaimed Short Film
DIRECTOR: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON/2016
Paul Thomas Anderson and Radiohead have very similar career traject...
Staring Down Our Unseen McQueen Titles
Steve McQueen. For men of a certain age, and plenty of women too, there is no substitute. Revving onto the Hollywood s...
Paul has written about politics and baseball for other outlets in the past. Besides cinema, he cites baseball, music and fitness as other key passions in his life. His reviews are humorous and sometimes cutting, aiming to get at central themes of any given movie. For him, the value of film lies in the way the art form can use plot, vision and sound to create stories of flawed, relatable people that are riveting and allegories for deeper things.
