Defending 'Vertigo' From Myself.
Reactions to the Cannes Lineup
'Trip to the Moon' In Color
How I Met My 'Doppelganger' at 'Twilight ...
Revisiting 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
In Praise of Woody Allen.
Brief Thoughts On 'Contagion.'
Harold & Kumar & Sonic.
Don't Say "Fuck 'Twilight.'" It's Good."August" in August.
I couldn't decide if I liked Austin Chick's August when I first caught it back at Sundance in January, but it's not the sort of movie you can easily write off (needless to say, many people did just that). A kind of Mamet-lite drama about the start up scene from the perspective of a young jerk making big bucks on some undefinable product just a month shy of 9/11, August has a great talky performance by Josh Hartnett and interesting tangents courtesy of Rip Torn and David Bowie. After viewing the movie for a second time, I became convinced that the moody aura isn't forced and the dense biz-jargon actually suits the material. This is film noir for stockbrokers. I reviewed it for Cinematical, and expanded on some of its themes in an interview with Chick. It opened on one screen in New York last weekend, so check it out if you can.
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