Feb21

Best Picture Haiku — 2013 Edition

Nebraska Booze-addled father Determined to keep walking Follows many people.   Gravity White-knuckle journey. Catapulted forever Home so far removed.   12 Years a Slave Spotlight cast under The floorboards of history. Our culture of trade.   American Hustle Post-Watergate years Shape American culture, Breed paranoia.   The Wolf of Wall Street Scarface meets Wall Street; Spring […]

 

 

As he does in Shame and Hunger, Steve McQueen pulls no punches in 12 Years a Slave, which is one of the reasons it is the most important movie to see this year. Based Solomon Northup’s autobiography of the same name, McQueen’s film goes beyond relaying horrific nature of slavery and the dangers of righteousness – though […]