I Stand Alone Directed by Gaspar Noe, 1998 Jim Wilson: Taylor, it’s good to have you back on Collokino. How have you been? Taylor Baker: Thanks for having me back, Jim, and to talk about my only feature film blind … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 65/100 What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? That is the question as title of the film and the ethos of Georgian director’s Aleksandre Koberidze’s second feature. What he is really asking is … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 80/100 Preminger's second noir outing with Dana Andrews (quickly becoming a favorite of mine) and Gene Tierney (most definitely a favorite), six years after Laura. Andrews is a hot-tempered city cop with a bad habit of … Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams 34/100 There are few filmmakers with as big of a head-scratching filmography as Abel Ferrara. A man who broke out into the industry with his highly controversial and provocative Bad Lieutenant, with Harvey Keitel as a … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 70/100 An understated, understanding, and sensitively observed character study set in 70’s New York City, in which an aspiring young female photographer named Susan Weinblatt (Melanie Mayron) independently navigates a new chapter in her life after … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 90/100 For a film set on the plains of 1925 Montana, and shot against the beautiful wide vistas of Jane Campion’s home country of New Zealand, The Power of the Dog often feels hauntingly constrained. That … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 A 21st century spin on Rohmer’s Rendezvous in Paris, with the cinematic ingenuity of Hong Sang-soo, and an enchantingly light interpretation of Sirkian melodrama. Contrasting with Happy Hour, which had the sweep of an epic novel, Wheel … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 62/100 I forgot how good of a movie star Will Smith is. Maybe because Smith hasn't really been able to shine as a movie star since Focus. Maybe it's because he has crafted an overly upbeat, … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison 80/100 If you did musical theater or sang in a school chorus growing up, chances are you heard “Seasons of Love” sung so often that just those simple opening piano notes were enough to send you … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 38/100 Ghostbusters: Afterlife seems to be a particularly apt title for the franchise. For something to have an afterlife, it suggests that it must be dead and there is an attempt at a resurrection. This new … Continue reading.
