Jason Schwartzman
Movie Review: Megalopolis
4 stars out of 5 It’s not too often that an 85-year-old throws me off my game. But when the octogenarian in question is Francis Ford Coppola, perhaps I shouldn’t be too surprised. He has perhaps the greatest résumé of any filmmaker, living or otherwise: The Godfather, Godfather II, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, and not […]
Movie Review: Between the Temples
3.5 stars out of 5“A film by Nathan Silver.” That’s what the ads say. Who gives a crap?!? Who the hell is Nathan Silver? I looked him up, I still don’t know. Don’t you have to earn a credit like that? You know, on LinkedIn, I recently saw a current employee of the company where […]
Movie Review: Asteroid City
4 stars out of 5Wes Anderson is one of my all-time fave filmmakers so if he wants to continue experimenting with the form — puppets, anthology, and now, a story within a story — it’s certainly OK with me. Whether these “exercises” create a bit of distance between film and viewer and thereby prevent the […]
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