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The Man Who Fell To Earth: Brian Eno, 1971–1977
Though this seven-year stretch was a fruitful period, too much of this unofficial portrait is spent in redundant, repetitive conversation with collaborators—but even hard-core fans will enjoy its linking of Eno’s avant-garde and (contemporary) classical influences. Continue reading
Shadow play: the Making of Anton Corbijn
Josh Whiteman’s documentary displays the human side of a remarkably private individual whose work traded almost exclusively on the outward appearance of the almost famous. Continue reading
Shut Up Little Man!
The initially fascinating soon becomes repetitive and banal; there are better documentaries out there about cassette-tape culture, and there are dozens of better ‘audio misadventures’ all over the Internet. Continue reading
Snowtown
Justin Kurzel’s début feature, a dramatization of Australia’s most notorious serial-murder crime spree, is exceptionally well-crafted but, at its height, ill-advisedly trades palpable suspense for torture-porn. Continue reading
The Magnificent TaTi
Michael House’s film is a handsomely produced and informative chronicle of the inner and outer life of Monsieur Hulot; an enjoyable appreciation of a man whose idiosyncrasies, it was once said, embody “everything that commercial cinema doesn’t have time or space for.” Continue reading
The Missing Person
Michael Shannon delivers yet another solid performance in Noah Buschel’s functionally flawed but visually arresting neo-noir. It first toured the festival circuit two years ago and is finally being issued on DVD locally. Continue reading
Inside Job
In a week where the country that is home to the Chicago School of Economics has had its credit rating downgraded for the first time ever, Ferguson’s film only proves more vital, more important than it was upon release a year ago. Continue reading
JFK: 3 Shots that Changed America
If most of what you know of the Kennedy assassination comes from that one episode of Seinfeld and Oliver Stone’s flawed masterwork JFK, this landmark History channel documentary will be eye-opening. Continue reading
Rollercoaster of Love: Blue Valentine
Derek Cianfrance’s tale of love lost and found contains Williams and Gosling’s best performances to date, and this superlative Blu-ray transfer maintains the idiosyncrasies of the mixed stock and stellar sound design on show in the film’s theatrical run. Continue reading
Rubber
A very meta horror film about a homicidal car tyre with psycho-kinetic powers who ends his victims’ lives by quivering in their general direction. Continue reading
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