Take 5 — The Godfather Edition
Forty years ago, on March 14, The Godfather premiered in New York City. The two hour film began what would become a veritable epic about…
Dirty Girl — It’s Like 1987 All Over Again!
In one sense, Dirty Girl could be seen as a pro-abstinence tale. Danielle (Juno Temple) is an anachronistic high school girl whose daily routine is…
Plains, Trains, and Automobiles — Seeking Stability in a Mobile World
Like any John Hughes film, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles includes a handful of life lessons: Neal Page (Steve Martin) learns that family is more important…
The Weekend Arena 3/23
Spring has sprung, and most movies have given this weekend over to the opening of The Hunger Games, the next synergistic franchise based on meh-ly…
Take 5 — Horror Movie Edition
Question 1: What’s the state of the American horror film? Steve Barker: There are two popular formulas in horror right now: the super gory torture…
Bridesmaids — One Note that Gets a Bit Atonal
In one sense, Bridesmaids is a refreshing film that moves the lens from perpetually adolescent man defying the onset of adulthood found in any recent…
The Weekend Arena 3/16
The eighties are alive in 2012, or at least, the memory of the eighties is. If you’re not up for a comedic imagining of police…
Hugo — A Visual Stunner Lacking Substance
If nothing else, Hugo is a departure from the characteristic Martin Scorsese film. George Melies (Ben Kingsley) is not whacked by a bullet in the…
Weekend Arena: 3/9
This week, Disney launches another tentpole film, Elizabeth Olsen gives audiences eighty-eight minutes of tension, a couple of white folks put salmon in an unusual…
Undefeated — The Cynicism of Hoop Dreams with the Drama of Friday Night Lights
Undefeated chronicles the 2009 season of the Manassas Tigers, a high school football team in North Memphis – also known as the perennial whipping boys…