Tag: Cinematography

James White: Burden, Childishness, Disease, and Love Everlasting

On By C.H. NewellIn Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Drama, Film, Josh Mond, Mátyás Erdély, Scott MescudiLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpFQmEUAhc James White. 2015. Directed & Written by Josh Mond. Starring Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Ron Livingston, Makenzie Leigh, David Call, David Cale, Benjamin Brass, Lori Burch, Scott Cohen, Adriana DeGirolami, Jeanette Dilone, David Harris, Rosemary Howard, & Sue Jean Kim. BorderLine Films/Relic Pictures. Rated R. 85 minutes. Drama ★★★★ Producer Josh Mond …

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The Redemptive Horror of Son of Saul

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Drama, Film, Foreign Film, Géza Röhrig, Holocaust, László Nemes, Mátyás Erdély, Thriller, WarLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh2toNTE7rA Son of Saul. 2015. Directed by László Nemes. Screenplay by Nemes & Clara Royer. Starring Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Sándor Zsótér, Uwe Lauer, Christian Harting, Amitai Kedar, & Kamil Dobrowolski. Laokoon Filmgroup/Hungarian National Film Fund. Rated 14A. 107 minutes. Drama/Thriller/War ★★★★★  Stories of the Holocaust and WWII are a dime a dozen. Some of …

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The Limits of Friendship: Raw Realism in NASTY BABY

On By C.H. NewellIn Drama, Film, Independent Film, Kristen Wiig, Reg E. Cathey, Sebastián Silva, Tunde AdebimpeLeave a comment

A gay couple & their close friend decide on having a baby together. All their plans are derailed when a momentary act of frustration boils over into something unimaginably worse.

Pan’s Labyrinth and the Dark Fantasy of Guillermo del Toro

On By C.H. NewellIn Dark Fantasy, Drama, Fantasy, Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth, Review, War1 Comment

Pan's Labyrinth. 2006. Directed & Written by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo, César Vea, and Roger Casamajor. Estudios Picasso/Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Sententia Entertainment/Telecinco/OMM. Rated 14A. 118 minutes. Drama/Fantasy/War ★★★★★ Guillermo del Toro has one of the most consistently fascinating minds in film today. Ever since I saw …

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Cooties: It’s Okay to Kill the Children

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Alison Pill, Comedy, Cooties, Elijah Wood, Horror, Horror Comedy, Leigh Whannell, Rainn Wilson, Review, Sub-genreLeave a comment

Cooties. 2015. Directed by Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion. Screenplay by Leigh Whannell & Ian Brennan. Starring Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Jack McBrayer, Leigh Whannell, Nasim Pedrad, Ian Brennan, Jorge Garcia, Cooper Roth, Miles Elliot, Morgan Lily, Sunny May Allison, and Armani Jackson. Glacier Films/SpectreVision. Rated R. 88 minutes. Action/Comedy/Horror ★★★★ Officially out …

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Beauty in the Breakdown: Alex Ross Perry’s Perfectly Uncomfortable Queen of Earth

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Alex Ross Perry, Cinematography, Drama, Elisabeth Moss, Film, Katherine Waterston, Psychological Thriller, Review, ThrillerLeave a comment

Queen of Earth. 2015. Directed & Written by Alex Ross Perry. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Patrick Fugit, Kentucker Audley, Keith Poulson, and Kate Lyn Sheil. Washington Square Films. Unrated. 90 minutes. Drama/Thriller ★★★★★ Opening with such a tightly framed shot of Elisabeth Moss' Catherine, Alex Ross Perry completely submerges us immediately into her world. …

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WHIPLASH: Two Jazz-Hands Up

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Blogs, Blumhouse Productions, Cinematography, Damien Chazelle, Drama, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Movies, Reviews, Whiplash2 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d_jQycdQGo Whiplash. 2014. Directed & Written by Damien Chazelle. Starring Miles Teller, J.K Simmons, and Paul Reiser. Blumhouse Productions. Rated 14A. 107 minutes. Drama/Music ★★★★★I think one of the most incredible things about Whiplash is the fact it captures the blood, sweat, and tears which go into the making of a true musician so accurately …

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Cold Prey III is the Birth of Fear

On By C.H. NewellIn 2010, Anchor Bay, Backwoods Horror, Blogs, Blood, Cinematography, Cold Prey, Cold Prey 3, DVD, Film, Foreign Films, Fritt Vilt, Fritt Vilt III, Gore, Horror, Mikkel Brænne Sandemose, Movies, Norway, Norwegian Horror, Prequel, Reviews, Sequel, Slasher, Slasher Film, Thriller, TrilogyLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ZwG1mKHRY Fritt Vilt III (English title: Cold Prey 3). 2010. Dir. Mikkel Braenne Sandemose. Screenplay by Peder Fuglerud & Lars Gudmestad; story by Martin Sundland. Starring Ida Marie Bakkerud, Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen, Pål Stokka, Arthur Berning, Sturla Rui, Terje Ranes, and Nils Johnson. T2 Entertainment. Not Rated. 95 minutes. Horror ★★★★ I'm in the the tiny little column of …

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