Abbas Kiarostami Takes us to Japan for his Newest Film
DIRECTED BY ABBAS KIAROSTAMI/JAPANESE/2013 (U.S. theatrical release)
The opening shot of Like Someone...
The Remake of the 1980 Classic
DIRECTED BY FRANCK KHALFOUN/2013 (U.S. theatrical release)
Maniac was one of my favorite slasher movies of the 80s. Bu...
DIRECTED BY ANDRES MUSCHIETTI/2013
Guillermo Del Toro has a hit or miss record on horror movies he has produced without directing. He produced the deeply fla...
Rewarding Tension is Uncovered in Best Foreign Film Nom
DIRECTED BY NIKOLAJ ARCEL/DANISH, ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH/2013 (U.S. theatrical release)
A woman put...
DIRECTED BY JACQUES AUDIARD/FRENCH, ENGLISH/2012
Rust and Bone is a movie about loss. And what you can gain in your loss. Maybe not the most original story, ...
Movies I have yet to see:
Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, Cloud Atlas, Silver Linings Playbook, The Sessions, and probably some others.
Honorable Ment...
Christmas themed movies always have a special feeling to them. You can watch one in the middle of July with a 100 plus temperture outside, and it’ll jolt you ba...
Christmas themed movies always have a special feeling to them. You can watch one in the middle of July with a 100 plus temperture outside, and it’ll jolt you ba...
Haunted Houses are Family Affairs in this Documentary
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL STEPHENSON/2012
Documentary filmmakers usually come from two places: 1) skilled fi...
And my story on Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson is such a fascinating person, both as an athlete and a historical figure. I find myself to be obsessed with his...
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.
