“‘Pig’: Nic Cage Does Sad ‘John Wick’-Style Revenge As If It Were Directed By Kelly Reichardt”

Other acceptable director comparison: Hal Ashby. Continue reading →

“Kelly Reichardt Is Doing What She Can To Get Through The Moment”

My second piece about “First Cow.” You could call it: “Second ‘First Cow’ Piece.” Continue reading →

Review: Meek’s Cutoff, 2011, dir. Kelly Reichardt

Meek’s Cutoff feels something like an oddity in the western genre, and I mean that in the best way possible. There’s no denying the western influences clearly embedded in its cinematic DNA; Kelly Reichardt’s fourth feature very much draws from that celluloid tradition, but she’s not telling a story about cowboys and Indians or marshals … Continue reading →

“Freddie Gibbs and Diego Ongaro on the Realism of ‘Down with the King'”

But up with this movie, way way way way way up with this movie. Continue reading →

“‘First Cow’ Is A Necessary Portrait Of Platonic Male Affection”

The start of a new franchise. Better get a ticket now before “Second Cow” and “Third Cow” go into production. Continue reading →

Best of Criterion’s New Releases, September 2017

Good news! I’m still here. I’m suffering a writer’s drought, but I’m still here. And here’s our first break in the drought: Paste Magazine’s monthly Criterion Collection round-up, this time for September (because that’s how months work). As with most Criterion months, September ’17 is pretty good, I think; I can’t speak for a couple … Continue reading →

Review Round-Up: Certain Strange Women Doctors, Lobsters, & Camerapersons By The Sea

I watch a lot of movies, and I don’t write about all of them. This is especially true of the annual year-end rush to cram in as much movie watching goodness as possible before voting deadlines for the Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) and the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS). Consider these capsules my … Continue reading →

Whites, Camera, Action

It is pretty to think that all of this year’s Oscars outrage might have been avoided with just a few shifts in nominations. In truth, recognition for some combination of Samuel L. Jackson, Will Smith, Teyonah Parris, Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, Jada Pinkett Smith, Abraham Attah, Idris Elba, Mya Taylor, Aaron Covington, … Continue reading →

Premature Retrospection: My Favorite Films in 2011 (So Far)

I realize that in a few months time, I’ll be cobbling together a top ten list for 2011 as I’ve done for the past two years that A Constant Visual Feast has been up and running. But 2011 has been a good year cinematically, for me specifically and for film in general; I’ve seen more … Continue reading →

“2021 Was An Even Wilder Year Than Usual For Nicolas Cage”

“Nicolas Cage / Nicolas Cage / You can keep your Brussels and Amsterdam / Give me back my summer in Dresden, man.” Continue reading →