Woody Allen is at his best when he identifies a universal truth of love. In Annie Hall, it was the inevitability of separation. In Midnight in Paris, it was the desperate, idealistic longing for a time that never was. It’s because of this that Café Society never quite stumbles despite its meandering, clumsily delivered story. Cut through the fat and you’ll […]
Søren and J’s Oscarcast 2015
2015 was a year of meager expectations when it came to the Oscars. While controversy surrounded the nomination process, we generally knew who’d take home the major awards. No one gasped in amazement when Birdman took Best Cinematography, or when Patricia Arquette was named Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood. Yet sometimes there is intrigue to be found […]
Camp X-Ray
Camp X-Ray isn’t as good as it seems. If you ignore the filmmaking and acting and instead focus on the screenplay, it’s absolutely abysmal. The characters are little more than mouthpieces for writer/director Peter Sattler’s political philosophy, and nothing about it is subtle. “Americans are the real terrorists!” says a Guantanamo detainee. “These guys just […]
