& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 25, 2020 “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is little without its two leads The 2011 adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s hit novel does right by its investigators but drags out the story around them.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 30, 2019 “Spectre” Loses Itself in the Ghosts of Franchise Past While Skyfall was a rousing success, Mendes' return to the Bond franchise, bogs itself down in tiresome lore and continuity.
T Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 28, 2019 The Secrets Of Great Ladies: Mendes and the Theatricality of “Skyfall” Sam Mendes powers his leading ladies to metatextual heights in his first Bond outing.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 17, 2019 “Road To Perdition” Is Not A Subtle Film Sam Mendes' Depresson-era gangster fable is as effective as it is in-your-face with its aesthetics.
C Categories CIFF 2019 Festivals Movies October 24, 2019 CIFF 10/23: “Wild Sparrow”, “And Then We Danced”, “Knives Out” & More Our penultimate CIFF dispatch breaks down Rian Johnson's star-studded caper Knives Out, the Georgian queer drama And Then We Danced..., and more.
