MESRINE: PUBLIC ENEMY #1

The two films combined serve to make a powerful epic that rates amongst the best crime films ever made. It is too early to tell if it will be considered a “classic,” but it seems like this is a shoe-in to that club…

Posted on November 14, 2012 in Reviews by

PUSHING HIS LUCK: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER LUIS PRIETO

Luis Prieto’s “Pusher” will encourage you to pay off your Master Card… pronto…

Posted on October 31, 2012 in Interviews by

MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT

This is a stylish gangster movie, and those are always fun to watch. The violence feels real. The characters, even at their worst, are people you can care about. And Cassel’s performance is jaw-droppingly good…

Posted on October 12, 2012 in Reviews by

SIFF 2012: SEASONAL AFFECTIVE CINEMA, PART 4

The 2012 Seattle International Film Festival, a magical, mind-expanding, eye-feeding carpet ride for those fond of falling deep into moving-picture hypnosis, continues into its third amazing week…

Posted on June 7, 2012 in Blogs by

HEADHUNTERS

Calling all flick-freaks who share a venomous contempt for arrogant yuppie scum! “Headhunters,” Morten Tyldum’s Norwegian nerve-jangler, is cause for vindictive celebration…

Posted on May 1, 2012 in Reviews by

ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN

Screw the Dark Knight. In Brazil, a Battalion Beret is mightier than the Cape…

Posted on December 2, 2011 in Reviews by

POINT BLANK

BOOM! “Point Blank” will shoot you from a cannon, and you won’t hit the ground until its closing credits…

Posted on July 25, 2011 in Reviews by

I SAW THE DEVIL

“I Saw the Devil” is a gorgeous film about horrible things. Days after the screening, I still carry its unsettling baggage with me…

Posted on February 27, 2011 in Reviews by

THE SICILIAN GIRL

You may see some of the twists coming, but I can virtually guarantee you won’t spot the ending even if you’ve grown up exclusively on Mafia films …

Posted on December 30, 2010 in Reviews by

SHOOT THE HERO!

If there is any reason to recommend this film, it is to see Jason Mewes step outside the Jay box and play a self-doubting, eager-to-please young man who is trying to grow up…

Posted on October 17, 2010 in Reviews by

CHAIN LINK

A hard-scrabble story of love and redemption, “Chain Link” marks the directing debut of Dylan Reynolds…

Posted on August 28, 2010 in Reviews by