Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) – This review is going to be pretty short because I don’t have much in the way of thoughts about this movie. The film is about the often tumultuous relationship between war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman) and famed novelist Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen). They go to Spain during Franco’s takeover … Continue reading
Network (1976)
Network (1976) – The following article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 29 April 2011. “I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a … Continue reading
Get Low (2009)
Get Low (2009) – At your funeral, it’s a safe bet that people are going to say nice things about you. That’s just kind of what people do at funerals. The bummer is that while everyone is gushing over what an awesome person you are you can’t hear a word of it because you’re stone … Continue reading
The Conversation (1974)
The Conversation (1974) – The Conversation opens with… a conversation (THE conversation, in fact). Over the course of the movie that same conversation will be played a million times but the meaning will change. Gene Hackman plays Harry Caul, one of the foremost surveillance experts in the country. He is hiring to record the titular … Continue reading
The Road (2009)
The Road (2009) — John Hillcoat’s previous film The Proposition was compared to the novels of Cormac McCarthy: a taciturn western with a bleak tone and intense violence. Fitting then that Hillcoat’s second film is from a Cormac McCarthy novel. Not a western, but definitely bleak and violent. The post-apocalyptic setting of The Road really … Continue reading
Persistence of Vision 