Last May, the world lost one of its most transgressive and influential artists in H.R. Giger, a Swiss man who changed cinema and with it, popular culture. A year after his death, Bellinda Sallin’s documentary Dark Star: H.R. Giger’s World has arrived, an illuminating and bewitching look at his life, work … Get hard
I was blissfully ignorant of most of the gender-related criticisms of Avengers: Age of Ultron for several days after its release. When Andy did his great review of the movie, my comment lauded Black Widow as my favorite character in the film — something that, at the time, I didn’t think about … Get hard
After last night, we’re halfway through Season 5 of the best show on earth, HBO’s Game of Thrones. As always on GoT, we’ve seen intrigue, death, and gratuitous nudity as we’ve caught up with all our favorites. But which characters have shone the brightest so far in S5? Let’s take a … Get hard
About Elly is one of those movies you want to go in without any idea of what it’s about. I just had that pleasure and I’m still recovering from writer-director Asghar Farhadi’s masterwork. Farhadi, the director of the Academy Award winning film A Separation, actually wrote and directed About Elly before A Separation. Now his … Get hard
Fox’s Gotham is a show I had a bad feeling about, then grew to hate, then dropped from my viewing. Since its fall finale, I had not seen a single episode all spring. Last night, I randomly decided to jump back in and watch its season finale. The result was a surprisingly enjoyable experience. Gotham is … Get hard
There was a moment last fall, around the time WB was announcing the expansion of its movie superheroes into a shared cinematic universe, when I thought the studio should take advantage of its already-developed small-screen heroes and fold those versions of (Green) Arrow and the Flash into its new big-screen venture. They … Get hard
Life presents an infinite number of questions, but perhaps none more provocative and poignant than “What if?” What if I didn’t run that red light? What if I had gone to that concert with Cait freshman year? “What if?” scenarios can plague us, paralyze us and dull us into a … Get hard
Over the past week, the South East European Film Festival has come to Los Angeles, taking over a slew of the most blissfully independent theatres in the area. This is going to sound like a first-world problem, but living in LA, you lose track of film festivals: there’s so many. … Get hard
After Age of Ultron, what’s next for the MCU? You’ve had all weekend to watch and process Avengers: Age of Ultron, a giddy, dizzying carb-load of a blockbuster. Now it’s time to deliberate over what’s happening next, which is exactly what Marvel wants us to do, as these movies become … Get hard
After three years and four movies, Avengers: Age of Ultron has arrived. I’ll admit, going in, I was nervous for the film, forever worried that Marvel Studios’ bubble might pop. It certainly stretches the seams here, but rest assured, Marvel’s insane streak continues, thanks in large part to Joss Whedon. Avengers 2 isn’t … Get hard