Reviews of films directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Nicole Holofcener, and David Bruckner Continue reading Then Playing — Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife; The Land of Steady Habits; The Night House
As major studio efforts have been almost entirely overtaken by a style of storytelling that relies on threats to very fabric of reality to satisfying the need for ever-escalating stakes and even most indie filmmakers are forced to concoct jarring … Continue reading Now Playing — You Hurt My Feelings
45 Years (Andrew Haigh, 2015). Andrew Haigh’s wise, serious-minded film is like one of those New Yorker short stories that grows grimmer by the paragraph as it details internalized heartbreak. I typed out that sentence right before my background research … Continue reading Then Playing — 45 Years; Walking and Talking; Losing Ground
On the occasion of Nicole Holofcener’s latest film making its debut in theaters and on Netflix this weekend, I’ll reach back to the review I wrote of her third feature. Friends with Money is arguably the writer-director’s weakest film, and … Continue reading From the Archive — Friends with Money
There’s an interesting shift in Nicole Holofcener’s usual storytelling technique that takes place in her latest film, Enough Said. Most of her big-screen efforts have involved multiple storylines all sharing relatively equal space, sometimes overlapping in the narrative but more … Continue reading You were told to not take chances, you missed out on new dances
I admire Nicole Holofcener’s consistency. I don’t mean that every one of her efforts is uniformly strong, nor does she tread the same ground the same time out. Instead, Holofcener operates with a certainty of vision, a commitment to using … Continue reading Now’s the time that we need to share so find yourself, we’re on our way back home
Coffee for Two 